China



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 First established in 1700 b.c., China is located in eastern Asia. Two major rivers that flow in China are the Huang He or Yellow River, and the Chang Jiang or Yangtze River. The country is surrounded by the Taklimakan Desert and Himalayan Mountains, so it has been isolated from Europeans, Americans, and other foreign nations for awhile until the Industrial Revolution. China was run by dynasties, such as the Shang and Zhou, during its early years. A Chinese belief about government during the Zhou Dynasty was the Mandate of Heaven which led to the dynastic cycle. They also used a system called feudalism. The Chinese had a large diversity of languages but had one common system of writing. After the Industrial Revolution many European nations were looking for places that contained areas for markets and raw materials. One area that they took interest in was China. However China wasn't going to let European nations, especially Great Britain, try to modernize their independent country using imperialism without battle. ======

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 Industrial Revolution - revolution that changed man-made goods into machine-made products with the building of factories and inventions. ======