Explain the Mandate of Heaven.
Answer: The Mandate of Heaven was created by the Zhou to justify taking over the Shang, stating that if you are a just ruler, Gods have given you divine approval to rule. The Cycle is prosperity, minor disaster, major disaster, rebellion, and restore peace.
History
- How did nationalism spread across Europe?
- What is imperialism?
- What is located at the southern most point of Africa?
- What are the three major rivers of Southern Africa and where do they flow?
- How does the Kalahari Desert merge with its surrounding biomes? What are the water sources in this region?
- What are the countries and islands of Southern Africa?
- What is the Serengeti Plain best known for, and why is this the case?
- What aspects of geography have the volcanic activity in Eastern Africa affected?
- How do depressions contrast with rift valleys, and what sort of features have depression formed?
- What is the Great Rift valley, and where is it located? Also, what two parts is it divided into and where are they located?
- What has played a major role in the shaping of the East African landscape?
- What are the nations and locations of nations of East Africa?
- What are the major resources of West/Central Africa and where are they located?
- What route does the Congo river follow?
- What are two major rivers in West/Central Africa, where do they flow, and how were they made?
- Where and what is the Congo Basin?
- What are the characteristics of the Sahel?
- What is the geography of West and Central Africa?
- What is the extent of West and Central Africa?
- What are the resources of India?
- What geographic features characterize India?
- What happened to Bangladesh in 1998?
- How was the Indus Valley formed?
- What are the resources like in the Indian Perimeter? What is an exception?
- What are the causes and effects of India's monsoons?