Chapter 2 for AP World History!

fine light silt deposited by wind and water; fertile soil of yellow river valley in N.China; not compacted, could lead to earthquakes

People in earliest chinese dynasty; ancestor worship, use of bronze vessels for ritual purposes = shang culture

Techniques for asserting the future; Will of gods by interpreting natural pheromena

The vigorous early period; defeated the shain and created the manifestation

Developed by Zhou ; to grant power to ruler and to to take it away if ruler doesnt fufill the his duties

political idea people only behave with strict laws and harsh punishment and sacrafice their personal freedom

chinese philosopher kongzi; ideas of duty & public service influenced gov. officials and chinese thought

believed that world is always changing and went with the flow; dont think much, let things happen.

The nature of male/female in the world; maintain equal equalibrium (everything is even)

kingdom of nubia, along nile, south of egypt

capitol of S.nubia, independence from egypt and influence from africa

Mesoamerican civilization (central mexico) advances in economics and construction influenced later societies (art, culture, &ball game)

The first important american civilization; capitol is in Andes mountain of peru; politically and economically dominated w/ 2 zones. peruvian coastal plain and andian foothills

In Andes Mountains in S.America; provided meat &wool &transportation of goods for trade zones