Technology and Religion/BeliefsThe ancient Huang He civilization was a very impressive civilization. They began around 4000 BC near the Yellow River in Asia; the beginning of this civilization was the beginning of many Chinese empires. They viewed people outside of their civilization as uncivilized barbarians and that people should be loyal to their family before they could be loyal to anything else. Fathers were heads of households and women obeyed their fathers, their sons when they grew up, and their husbands. They also gave us many inventions that we still use today and they also had a very different religion than most people.Religion/BeliefsReligion was very important to the Huang He civilization; The first religion of the Huang He people was polytheistic, meaning they had more than one. They believed in supernatural forces and that they could communicate with their dead ancestors who were in the afterlife with oracle bones and also that spirits, kings and dead ancestors could help them have a good future . Confucianism and Taoism (also known as Taoism) existed in the region since around 450 BC and Buddhism hit the region between 110 BC and 220 AD and became the main religion of this region. One of the many dynasties near the Huang He River, called the Shang Dynasty, worshiped a god named Shang Di who ruled over the gods of the sun, moon, wind, rain, and other natural forces. Ancestor worship was very important to kings and nobles. who led the civilization of the Huang He River Valley. They brought food and wine to the temples as a sign of worship of the ancestors and when a person died and his soul departed to the afterlife (paradise), the priests wrote the questions of various peoples on the bones of oracle and held something hot to the bone to make cracks. appear...... middle of paper ......ry, creating a writing system, building roads, digging canals, and making water wheels to grind their grain. Without the Huang He civilization, we probably wouldn't have what we have today. In conclusion, without ancient civilizations – all of them – we would not know half of what we know today. Resources http://prezi.com/n34kjqsdyawy/the-huang-ho-valley/ http://lphsworldgeography .wikispaces.com/Huang+He http://www.slideshare.net/Djaan/river-valley-civilizations-overview http://period20910.wikispaces.com/Religion+in+the+Huang+He+River+ Valley http ://nuppiu.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/cus2-1-s3-the-wang-ho-civilization.pdf https://ridgeaphistory.wikispaces.com/Hwang+He+Yellow+River http:/ /boivieapedia.pbworks.com/w/page/8081114/Shang%20or%20Huang%20He%20(Yellow%20River)%20valley%20civilization http://civilization.yolasite.com/huang-he.php