HIST 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Preqin, Gluten, Mandate Of Heaven
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Five dynasties (and ten kingdoms): 907 - 960. Five dynasties in the north, ten kingdoms in the south. Northern song: 960 - 1127 (capital at kaifeng) Southern song: 1127 - 1279 (capital at hangzhou) China in early imperial ages referred to multiple central state. China didn"t mean what it does today until the 1900s. North: yellow river starts in tibetan plateau, picks up fine soil along the way, turns river a brown color. Afterwards, river makes sharp turn to the east soil is rich in nutrients, brings those along north china plain. Still overflows but when it does, it"s much worse need to organize people to build dikes, need central power political legitimacy and divine right depends on ability to prevent natural disasters flood change the course of the riber. Yangtze riber dumps to sea in shanghai more volume than yellow r warmer, wetter than north -> rice farming.
