WOH 2012- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 39 pages long!)
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China was later than other civilizations like mesopotamia. One of the many tribes in the area. Known for that for a little over 200 years. In the idea of inventing things, china is ahead of everyone else. Creation of a noble class - important in war. Military is badass - separates from other dynasty. Would write on leather, and oracular writing on bones. Don"t have stable state causing different variations of language. Becomes an idea that dominates shang dynasty politics. Idea that the king is king because the gods made it so. Side note: 1912 - empire is overthrown causing an end to sacrificing to the heavens. Messed with the mandate of heaven a little. If you rebel against the king it is considered a crime against the heaven. But if you happen to overthrow king the gods would sanction it. Dynamic between the people of the area (nomads verse the settles)
