EARLY CHINA

Because of the dynasties and how long each one lasted it became the longest lasting Empire in history the Zhou dynasty was the longest ever recorded

Because of the lack of space in China to grow crops people found a way to grow rice on the sides of mountains using terraces. Rice terraces in Yunnan Rice is a member of a family of plants that also includes marijuana, grass and bamboo.

Ancestor worship is a big part of Chinese culture they believe that if you are bad or do something to disappoint them then they can harm you in your current life the ancestral tablets are pieces of wood inscribed with the name and dates of the deceased.

They are thought to respect their elders
Like their grandparents, parents and anyone older then them in their family it was based on the teachings of Chinese sage Confucius I was how people took care of their elders and be good to their parents

Oracle bones were bones that could tell you your future people believed that the bones could tell you anything like wether you were going to have a old crop growing season or not fortune tellers either got the bones themselves or bought them from a merchant who scaled them clean

The Great Wall of china was made to keep out nomads from invading china the wall was made so wide in some spots you could drive a car across it, it is about 5,500 miles long

Silk roads were trading roads and they began to trade in 130 B.C the silk roads remained until 1453 A.D when Ottoman Empire closed them

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