3. Dynasties during 3200 BCE - 600
BCE
 Xia (2100 BCE-1650 BCE)
 Shang (1650 BCE – 1027 BCE)
 Early Zhou (1027 BCE – 256 BCE)

4. Da Yu of Xia Dynasty
 Taming of the flood with dredging method
 Yellow River = beginning of agriculture
 Established Xia dynasty

5. Fu Hao of Shang Dynasty
 Leader of the army in Shang dynasty
 noble women vs. poor women
 status in society = power
 writing = unity and class

6. King Zhou of Shang Dynasty
 Last monarch of Shang
 Abused the power
 Shang army’s assistance
 example of Mandate of Heaven

7. King Wen of Zhou Dynasty
 Promoted Mandate of Heaven
 justification of dynastic cycles
 power structure of civilization
 money = power

8. Author of Book of Songs
 wrote first book of poems in Zhou Dynasty
 balance in social structure
 kings, farmers

9. What is the mandate

of heaven?

10. What role does

writing play in these
civilizations?

11. Who was Da

Yu?

12. What was the role of

women in Chinese
civilizations?

13. DUCK OR NO
DUCK?