SummerHW04Chap05APWHVincentDavis
NAME--- Vincent Davis
A/ P WORLD HISTORY HOMEWORK # _4_, Chap. __5___
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1) In what fundamental ways was the mandate of heaven different from other governmental systems in the ancient world? What were the limitations of the mandate of heaven?
ANSWER- the mandate of heaven was a monarchical system which allowed for a mechanism for the lay population to depose an incompetent or corrupt monarch, in contrast to the western monarchical structure of dynastic change through rivals usurping power. The Mandate of Heaven does not require that a legitimate ruler be of noble birth. The Mandate of Heaven had no time limitations, depending instead on the just and able performance of the ruler and his heirs.
2) How important was the development of writing to the ancient Chinese? Trace the evolution of this practice.
ANSWER- The inscriptions on the oracle bones have become very important historical evidence in the study of early Chinese civilization. The oracle bones, known in Chinese as jia gu wen, are either tortoise shells (jia) or ox shoulder blades (gu) with scripted texts (wen). The first oracle bone was discovered in 1889 in An Yang County, the capital of the Shang Dynasty (1,600-1,100 B.C.E.), and so far nearly 100,000 pieces have been unearthed. The inscriptions on the oracle bones represent the earliest form of the human written language.
3) Examine the social structure of early China. Describe the lives of the peasants and slaves. Did the concept of the mandate of heaven help or hurt the plight of the peasants?
ANSWER- I honestly think that the mandate of heaven hurt the plight of the peasants. Because it didn’t go into detail about the structure in which work and
A/ P WORLD HISTORY HOMEWORK # _4_, Chap. __5___
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1) In what fundamental ways was the mandate of heaven different from other governmental systems in the ancient world? What were the limitations of the mandate of heaven?
ANSWER- the mandate of heaven was a monarchical system which allowed for a mechanism for the lay population to depose an incompetent or corrupt monarch, in contrast to the western monarchical structure of dynastic change through rivals usurping power. The Mandate of Heaven does not require that a legitimate ruler be of noble birth. The Mandate of Heaven had no time limitations, depending instead on the just and able performance of the ruler and his heirs.
2) How important was the development of writing to the ancient Chinese? Trace the evolution of this practice.
ANSWER- The inscriptions on the oracle bones have become very important historical evidence in the study of early Chinese civilization. The oracle bones, known in Chinese as jia gu wen, are either tortoise shells (jia) or ox shoulder blades (gu) with scripted texts (wen). The first oracle bone was discovered in 1889 in An Yang County, the capital of the Shang Dynasty (1,600-1,100 B.C.E.), and so far nearly 100,000 pieces have been unearthed. The inscriptions on the oracle bones represent the earliest form of the human written language.
3) Examine the social structure of early China. Describe the lives of the peasants and slaves. Did the concept of the mandate of heaven help or hurt the plight of the peasants?
ANSWER- I honestly think that the mandate of heaven hurt the plight of the peasants. Because it didn’t go into detail about the structure in which work and