HIST 1112 Quiz: MWH - Exam #1 Study guide
Document Summary
Yellow: drains northern part of china; yangtze: dominant feature of south, navigable. Dynastic china: shang & zhou dynasties (bronze age civilization) Development of bronze workings: which means they are advanced, more for ritual than war, large labor force. Agricultural inventions: domestication of the horse, trying to move water around from 2 rivers; these lead to increase in amount of food which always means population increase: warring states period (golden age of chinese philosophy) Fueled by development of weaponry and war tactics, introduction to cavalry/infantry. Early zhou gov controlled larger areas than the shang, but independent states of wsp were aggressively pushed out frontiers, greatly extending chinese geo boundaries. Shi huangdi (1st emperor): favored legalism, obliterated populations so surrounding cities submitted, took over whole pop. and fused into one country - qin. Standardization of measurement, currency, language, and writing led to unification. Built roads so armies could move rapidly; indirectly facilitated trade: great wall of china.
