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Yellow River Civilization
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Yellow River Civilization
Ancient China
The Mandate of Heaven
1046 BCE
China has been inhabited for millions of years!
The Mandate of Heaven was defined as the gods’ blessing on a just ruler and rule by divine mandate. When the government no longer served the will of the gods, that government would be overthrown.
Yuanmou Man (hominid)
First invoked by the Zhou dynasty, which overthrew the Shang.
Banpo was a Neolithic Villiage
Effects of the Mandate
4500 and 3750 B.C.E
- What do you think the implications of this 'Mandate' idea might be?
- More Conscientious Rulers
- Social Mobility
- Gives meaning to 'random' or 'chance' events
"The Ungovernable" & "China's Sorrow"
Cradle of Chinese Civilization
- The flooding that makes the soil so fertile also destroys crops and human life.
Yellow River
Xia Dynasty: fact or fiction?
c. 2070-1600 BCE
- preceded by the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors
- Legendary founder is Yu the Great
Yu the Great
Shang Dynasty
- worked tirelessly for 13 years to curb the flooding of the Huang He
- Yu established the hereditary system of succession (dynasty)
(1600-1046 BCE)
>Developed Writing
>Bronze Metallurgy
>Ancestor Veneration
Oracle Bones
Why Ancestor Worship?
- over 150,000 found
- gods are distant to us, but closer to our dead ancestors
- The ancestors act as intercessors
- Could involve human sacrifice
"Should we split three humans and two cattle? Or should we split five humans and three cattle and offer them to spirits?"
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