p3ch5social

Name:Steven Gregory

 * **Theme** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * Gender roles and relations || * Society was strongly patriarchal.
 * Aurthority was placed in older males who headed their households.
 * Women were honored by the men that they were associated with. ||
 * Family and kinship || * Famlies played a huge role in early Chinese society.
 * Early rulers ruled territories through family and kinship groups.
 * Strong family influence was started by the belief that ancestors supported their living families from the afterlife. ||
 * Racial and ethnic constructions || * Early Chinese people had close to no contact with different peoples due to several factors
 * The Gobi desert the the North
 * The Himalyas to the Southwest
 * And the South and East China Seas to the East and Southeast ||
 * Social and economic classes || * Social classes in early China were very distinct
 * In order from most distinguished the class were:
 * Ruling Elites
 * Specialized laborers such as metal workers
 * Merchants and traders
 * Peasents
 * Slaves ||