Chapter+15

=Group Member Names:Chris Berkich, Jared Baxter, Nathan Najor, Robert Fuelle= //Type your responses below the question. **Bold** the note card terms.//

How did the societies of chapter ## develop and/or transform in the context of this unit?
The people of ancient china had traditions that sculpted their societies. Women who lived as a noble usually **bound their feet** when they were little so they could have a better life. In the **Tang Dynasty** women had more rights. Women could own land and even divorce their husbands. Their was even an emperess named Wu Setian(624-705) and she was the only female to run alone. China also prayed to their ancestors and worshipped them. **Ancestral worship** was when people would make shrines and give offerings to them so their ancestors would help them out. China had an **equal field system** so peasants and aristocrats could own the same amount of land. In Japan women had more of an influence in their culture than in China. The **Tail of Genji** was written by a woman. Their land was controlled by a **Shogun** they gave some land to **samurais** and the samurais would fight for them. Samurais fought by a code of honor called **Bushido.** Bushido was unquestioning loyalty and obidience towards their leader.