China

World History IUnit Four Block One lectureAncient Chinese civilization (geography of a sustainable nation)ChinaIntroduction to Chinese Civilization (Geography of a sustainable civilization)

Click meThe Huang He River (The yellow River; River of Tears)Early Chinese civilization was located in Eastern China along the Huang He River (North China Plain 2000 BCE/BC) with migration south to the Yangtze River Valley and Delta

Click meThe river gives..and the river takes awayThe Huang He River supported significant agriculture yet was prone to deadly and destructive flooding (remind you of the Nile?)

Influence of The Huang He River on Chinese societyChinese history began in the Huang He River ValleyIn this Valley, Neolithic people Learned to FarmThe Loess is also partly responsible for the rivers nickname The River of TearsThe loess builds up on the river bottom causing dikes to break. The purpose of dikes is to hold back the water. When they break, they cause flooding which causes destruction of crops and mass starvation. The need to Control the river may have led to the development of government

Geographic Barriers of early ChinaProtected by the Himalaya Mountains in the southwest (Like India?)Protected by the Gobi Desert in the north and northwestChinas location provided for geographical isolation (Similar to india?)

Geographic Barriers (cont.)Despite these barriers- the Chinese still had contact with the outside worldThey traded with neighboring peopleChinese goods reached past the middle east

The barriers provided protection; however, not all of time. Nomadic peoples repeatedly attacked the Chinese cities.