GEOG 1003 Lecture : 2nd Set Of Notes
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Most populous region in the world, over 1. 5 billion people. China is the oldest culture in east asia and oldest continual culture in the world. Hong kong is a sar- special administrative region. Cultural hearth: innovation, basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures. The evolution of china site of important cultural things (silk worm, horse, dog, apricot) Chinese culture hearth (1800 b. c. : north china plain and the loess plateau, china was ruled by a series of dynasties (families) from 219 b. c. until 1912. Centered at the great bend of the huang he. Transformation from egalitarian agricultural community to socially and occupationally stratified urban centers. Forced labor society character) represents primarily an idea or thing rather than a sound. Ideographic writing: form of writing in which symbol (ideograph or. Disadvantage: difficult to learn large number of characters. Advantage: speakers of different languages can use the same writing system. Traditional vs. simplified effort in 1950s create a more literate.
