1. STABILITY CHW3M

2. Risk or Stability?

3. Some like it, some don’t

7. Fears and choices?

10. The curriculum says to… C2.1 explain how various factors contributed to the stability of societies (e.g., an established religion, effective bureaucracy, family structures, education, interdependent classes or castes, effective approaches for settling disputes, military presence, natural or built defences, legal codes), and assess the importance of stability to a flourishing civilization C2.4 describe educational practices in various flourishing societies/civilizations, and explain how they contributed to stability in these societies C2.5 analyse the influence of religion/spirituality in various flourishing societies/civilizations, and explain how it contributed to stability in these societies

11. We are about to study a civ that had … A writing system for 4000 years (and still going) A centralized dynastic monarchy for 2200 years A distinct Confucian cultural identity for about 2000 years Self-reliance Adaptive technology with tonnes of “firsts” An efficient government bureaucracy filled by people who got their jobs by merit …and is still going.