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1. Characteristics: highly structured society, complex bureocracy, good education and technology improvements
2. Civil Service System: govt jobs that you had to take a test for
3. Fall of the Han: economic inbalance, rich take advantage of the poor, govt overthrown by Wang Mang, great flood http://www.chinatownconnection.com/images/handynastymap.gif

Greatest Accomplishment: Grand Canal
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1. Civil Service system-how the made such a smart ruling class
2. Fall of the Tang: high taxes, defeated by Muslims at the Battle of Talas http://www.history-of-china.com/img/tang-dynasty-map-b.gif

1. They ruled in southern china
2. Most important inventions: moveable types and gunpowder\
3. Levels in society: gentry (large upper class of scholar officials) then middle class, laborers, soldiers, servents, and finally peasants http://www.history-of-china.com/img/song-dynasty-map-b.gif

1. Pax Mongolica: period of mongol peace
2. Yuan Dynasty: -3 reasons why this era is important: China is united for the first time in 300 years, lead to more trade and forign contacts, and it tolorated culture and did not change govt dramatically -Marco Polo: Venetian trader who traveled to china through the silk roads. Lader imprisioned and wrote a book about travels http://www.history-of-china.com/img/yuan-dynasty-map-b.gif

1. Attitude towards outsiders: they were not going to let them conquer
2. Zheng He: led 7 huge voyages, gained lots of treasure and tribune
3. isolated trade, only the govt was allowed to trade with forign countries http://images.chinatravel.com/chinamap/ancient/ming-dynasty-map1.gif

1. Manchus: invaded China and Ming collapsed
2. Forign countries forced to abide by China's rules
3. Opium Tea Connection: Britains smuggles opium and sold it to Chinese and they got addicted to it
4. Opium Wars: Britain vs. China. Britain wins
5. Taping Rebellion: Hong Xiquan wanted all people to share wealth, took over many areas until he left it and it fell apart
6. Dowager Empress Cixi-in charge of China, traditional values. Self strengthening government/econ
7. Sheres of Influence: area in which forign nation controlled trade and investment
8. Open door Policy: China can trade with different countries http://www.chinatownconnection.com/images/qingdynastymap.gif

1) The Nok people were located in western Africa in present day Nigeria
2)They are known for their use in iron
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1)Southern Africa is covered by Bantu migrations.
2)The invention of agriculture led to necessary migration.
3) The Bantu brought iron smelting technology with them when they migrated.
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1)Located on the Horn of Africa in modern day Eritrea and Ethiopia.
2)Made its living off trading.
3)Only Ancient African Kingdom to develop a writing system.
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4)Declined due to Islamic invasion
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