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 * **Theme** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * 1. Demography and Disease || * As harvests were abundant, the poulations grew
 * Each dynasty had a larger population than the last as the lands expanded ||
 * 2. Migration || * Chinese society influences Asia beyond the zone of agriculture
 * Hunting and gathering societies were soon attracted to the abundant lifestayle
 * Ancestors of Turks and Mongols settled in the steppes, north and west of fields cultivated by Chinese, refusing to be a part of agriculture
 * As Chinese society spread south, southern China began to adopt their ways ||
 * 3. Patterns of Settlement || * Communities began near the two big rivers, Yellow R. and Yangzi R., because agriculture was possible
 * Harvests became more abundant near the Yangzi R.
 * Yellow R. society not as lucky because of the devastation caused by the flooding of the river
 * As each new dynasty came to be, the land bouderies began to expand further and further ||
 * 4. Technology || * When Yellow R. flooded, attempted to use a series of dikes and canals to prevent damage. For some months it was very succesful.
 * Success of the Shang dyansty was partly from bronze metallurgy
 * Zhou kings were unable to control bronze and iron metallurgy, and this brought about the fall of the empire (along with other events) ||