MMW 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mandate Of Heaven, Oracle Bone, Cowry

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: Matthew Herbst

Document Summary

Responsible for sustaining the most human life for the longest period of time. Causes a lot of deaths due to flooding and course changes. Rice grows in the south (yangtze river) Horses important for agriculture, transportation, and war. Chinese traded grains and veggies for horses and other animals/animal products. Chinese get jade from nomads in tibet. The worms eat a ridiculous amount of mulberry leaves. No angry creator god like in a lot of other places. They are a bit more than human. Appointed officials to superintend agriculture, astronomical investigations. Didn"t choose his son to succeed him, chose someone based on merit. He makes the waters of china"s rivers available for irrigation. Last of the sage kings, he chooses his son to succeed him created the. Climate and the environment were important for the longevity of dynasties. Shang dynasty (18th - 12th c bc) Oracle bones (king also interprets cracks in bones)