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Indian & Chinese Civilizations
China:
Civilization along the Yellow River (Huang He River)
Isolated from the rest; though there was some trading
w/ India & Mesopotamia
Learned how to ride horses and were skilled in pottery.
Already were using bronze (metal) and by 1000 B.C.E.
were using iron.
Most people lived in small houses made of mud bricks.
By 1500 B.C.E. the Shang dynasty ruled over this area.
Conclusion
By 1000 B.C.E. most river valley civilizations had
declined.
Introduced us to: invention of the wheel, monuments
(Pyramids), taming of the horse, alphabets and
writing (communication), mathematic concepts,
functional calendars and divisions of “time,” and the
development of organized monarchies and
bureaucracies.