HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They had no where else to go
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Crops grew in the area because of the river
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Flooding trapped them in the area
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They were safe from invaders there
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Because the region along the Huang River provided what was needed for agriculture: fertile land and water.
Detailed explanation-2: -Huang He Valley (or in English, Yellow River Valley) was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization, and for that reason is often called “Mother River.” The valley surrounds the principal river of northern China and is at the center of thousands of years of Chinese history.
Detailed explanation-3: -These major rivers were a great source of fresh water, food, fertile soil, and transportation. They also were the subjects of Chinese poetry, art, literature, and folklore. The Yellow River is often called the “cradle of Chinese civilization".
Detailed explanation-4: -The Earliest Settlements: The earliest known Chinese culture was the relatively sophisticated Yang-shao, whose people lived in simple, bare settlements and hunted for game with carved stone spears. The Yang-shao settled near the Huang He River around 10, 000 BCE, over 12, 000 years ago.
Detailed explanation-5: -According to legend, the first Chinese dynasty, the Xia (shyah) Dynasty, emerged about this time. Its leader was an engineer and mathematician named Yu. His floodcontrol and irrigation projects helped tame the Huang He and its tributaries so that settlements could grow.
Detailed explanation-6: -The Chinese civilization originated in Hwang Ho and Yangtze river basins. And it was there, where the ancient farmers’ settlements developed into first Chinese towns and national unions. The Chinese history may be divided into three periods: 1.