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 * role of slavery**

The slaves were used to make one of the 7 wonders of the world, the Great Wall of China. They worked in fields and were servants. Some collected taxes.


 * Explain how geography influenced settlement, the developement of trade networks, technological innovations and the sustainability of the civilization**

they used rivers and made roads to trade. They were made around Hung He (Yellow River) and made irrigation from it. They also farmed. The things that they invented were paper, silk, wheel barrows, the water wheel, astronomy, porcelain china, pottery, the wheel, and fireworks and much more.


 * Compare physical and political maps of your ancient civilization and current day country now located there.**

This is an example of a phyiscal map of ancient chinaThis is an example of a political map of ancient china


 * Explain how technological advancements led to greater economic specializtaion, improved weaponry, trade and developemt of a class system**

It created new economic uses and made t more successfull. Created crossbows and deadlier killing tools. Made social classes more complicated. trade routes were easier with wheels, wagons, rods, and boats. Silk Road

In the Shang Dynasty (about 2000 BC), the earliest period we know much about, people in China worshipped a lot of different gods - weather gods and sky gods - and also a higher god who ruled over the other gods, called Shang-Ti. People who lived during the Shang Dynasty also believed that their ancestors - their parents and grandparents - became like gods when they died, and that their ancestors wanted to be worshipped too, like gods. Each family worshipped their own ancestors. Around 1500 BC, people began to use written oracle bones to try to find out what was going to happen in the future.
 * Analyze the impact of religion on daily life**


 * Explain how the developement of written language transformed all aspects of life**

Chinese Writing had 5 main changes over thousands of the years to come to what writing is to this day. As the Chinese people evolved so has their writing.


 * Analyze the factors that led to the rise and fall of your civilization**


 * Justify which of the major achievements of the civilization had the most enduring legacies.**