Foundations+-+East+Asia+-+Theme+3

Theme # 3- State Building, Expansion and Conflict

 * **__Political Structures and Forms of Governance__**
 * 1) Mandate of Heaven
 * 2) Decentralized form of government:Princes and relatives picked to rule
 * 3) Centralized bureaucracy
 * 4) Standardization of laws, currencies, weights, measures, and scripts
 * __**Empires**__
 * 1) Xia dynasty
 * 2) Shang dynasty
 * 3) Zhou Dynasty
 * __**Nations and Nationalism**__


 * __**Revolts and Revolutions**__


 * __**Regional, Transregional and Global Structures**__