CHINA
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GEOGRAPHY: East Asia, Huang + Yangtze Rivers, Himalaya Mts., Gobi Desert
GOVERNMENT: Monarchy under kings and emperors until 1912, Communism, and "Republic"
RELIGION / BELIEFS: Buddhism, Taoism (getting everything in harmony), Confucianism (all about others), Legalism (the law)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: silk, paper, toilet paper, crossbow, gun powder, fireworks, compass, acupuncture, herbology, porcelain, yo-yo, seismograph, umbrella, wheelbarrow
GOVERNMENT: Monarchy under kings and emperors until 1912, Communism, and "Republic"
RELIGION / BELIEFS: Buddhism, Taoism (getting everything in harmony), Confucianism (all about others), Legalism (the law)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: silk, paper, toilet paper, crossbow, gun powder, fireworks, compass, acupuncture, herbology, porcelain, yo-yo, seismograph, umbrella, wheelbarrow
CHINESE / ASIAN FOODS -- included mandarin oranges, apples, ramen (Japanese noodles), chow mein (Chinese noodles), fortune cookies, and green tea.
CHINESE VERSION OF MAKING PAPER:
"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." - Thomas Jefferson