WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Yu the Great () was a legendary king in ancient China who was famed for his introduction of flood control, his establishment of the Xia dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and his upright moral character.

Detailed explanation-2: -♦ Yu on Flood Control With the help and support of the locals he dug canals on the usually flooded areas and dredged the rivers with outlets leading to the sea. For 13 years, he dedicated his time and strength to this project without going home even when his wife gave birth to their son Qi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yu the Great is an ancient hero in prehistoric times, whose most remarkable accomplishment was taming the water. He was also an excellent political leader and established the Xia Dynasty (21st-17th century BC), the first dynasty in Chinese history that followed the hereditary system.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Chinese myth, flood stories pretty much all revolve around a guy named Yu the Great, or Yu the Engineer. In the distant past, he was tasked with stopping the flooding of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, and he did it. After working on the job for 13 years. Yu also founded the legendary Xia Dynasty.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chiyou (; Old Chinese (ZS): *tʰjɯ-ɢʷɯ) was a tribal leader of the Nine Li tribe () in ancient China. He is best known as a king who lost against the future Yellow Emperor during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era in Chinese mythology. For some Hmong people, Chiyou or Txiv Yawg was a sagacious mythical king.

Detailed explanation-6: -The River of Forgetfulness, also known as the River Lethe and the Yellow River is a river in Greek Mythology’s Underworld. The Lethe is the ancient yellow river in Greek Mythology.