World History I

Chapter 4: Agrarian Centers and the Mandate of Heaven in Ancient China
5000-481 BCE

18: Mon, Nov 3, 2025

Please read the chapter and take the quiz by midnight on Sun, Nov 2, 2025.
Please post in the forum for the day a short essay in response to this question:

Resources:What resources characterize this period of history in China?

Consider:

• How do both natural resources (arable land, metals, navigable trade routes, populations) and immaterial resources (for example, language; technologies including writing, flood control, silk production, etc.; common views of the universe from philosophy or religion) shape Chinese cultures?
• How does logographic writing differ as a resource from writing systems that aim to represent sounds?

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