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Small Villages began to pop up along the Yellow River. There was land sectioned off for surplus farming. They used this food to feed an abundance of people which made their military strong. A bunch of small kingdoms are formed.

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There were a lot of lands to rule over and the leaders trusted family members and friends to rule over their own kingdoms. Due to geography communications broke down and invaders tried to overthrow the Zhou King and failed.

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During this time period the Zhou gods trusted friends and family to rule over their own area. This backfired and the states tried to over throw the kingdom. They failed but this created a huge war. China was divided into over 12 states and it was chaos and misery.

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Confucianism was born in 551 BCE. A lot of distress and chaos came from distances from traditional values and roles. Daoism puts a lot of emphasis on nature and the environment. Yin and Yang were developed in this time period.

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Legalism was a bunch of very harsh laws that were not entirely fair to Chinese people. Anything that wasn't in support of Shi Huangdi's views was burned and people were banished for not supporting them. There was also a census, created to tax people.

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The Qin dynasty established silk manufacturing and standardized writing. If you didn't follow their beliefs you would be banished and anything that didn't support the Qin was burned. Shi Huangdi created a ton of terracotta warriors to guard him because he was so paranoid. He later dies and the soldiers "guard" his grave.

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China expanded a lot during this dynasty. They returned to a Confucianism with bureaucracy. The middle of the Han dynasty is knows as the golden ages of China. Positions in the government were not just given out people had to take tests and exams to figure out if they were right for the job. Farmers were the backbone of the economy in this time. Unfortunately, they were invaded and the Hand dynasty ended.

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