1. China’s First Civilizations

2. Geography of China
Huang He or yellow River flows across china for more than 2,900 miles.
The name comes the yellow rich soil it carries from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean.

3. Geography of China
Just like the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, The Nile of Egypt, The Indus and the Ganges of India, The Huang He River (Yellow) flooded the land and brought nutrients to the land for farmers

4. Geography of China
China also calls it “China’s Sorrow” because of the death destruction that comes from the flooding of the River.

5. Geography of China
China’s longest River is the Chang Yiang or the Yangtze River.
3,400 miles long
It empties into the Yellow Sea which is a part of the Pacific Ocean

6. Geography of China
Like the Huang He river the Chang Jiang River has fertile soil for farming.

7. Geography of China
Although China has land rich for farming along its rivers, only 10% of the land can be farmed.

8. Geography of China Mountains and deserts cover most of China.
Altay Mountains in Northwest China
The Gobi desert, covering southern Mongolia and northern China

9. Geography of China The Himilayas cut off China to the Southwest
Kunlun Mountains and the Tian Shan Mountains are on China’s Wester border

10. Geography of China
The deserts and the Mountains were like a wall around China.

12. Shang Dynasty
Rulers known as the Shang became powerful because they controlled land and had strong armies.
Dynasty-Line of rulers who belong to the same family
Land under the Rule of the Shang

13. Shang Dynasty
China’s first dynasty was part of the Xia dynasty not part of the Shang.
Shang kings ruled from 1750 BC to 1045 BC