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=Development and Transformation of Social Structures=

Name: Leif Shoquist

 * **Themes** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * Gender Roles and Relation || * Chinese gender relations, like most old civilizations, involved male dominance.
 * It placed value on respect toward women.
 * Women's responsibilities were to take care of the house and to bear children. ||
 * Family and Kinship || * Chinese families stuck together.
 * Elder members were regarded in great respect for fear that they may punish you later from beyond the grave.
 * Dead family members were worshipped like diety's
 * It was not uncommon to see multiple generations working one field. ||
 * Racial and Ethnic Constructions || * Chinese didn't mix much with other cultures due to the Himalayas and other land barriers that blocked them off.
 * The Chinese stayed purely Chinese. ||
 * Social and Economic Classes || Classes went as follows:
 * 1) Ruling Elites
 * 2) Aristocrats
 * 3) Artisons and Craftsmen
 * 4) Merchants
 * 5) Farmers and Peasants ||