may 31, 419 - Grand Canal, 400-670 CE

Description:

-Links Yellow and Yangzi River North to South
-Water control requires:
>individual consumed by the group
>family unit fundamental (economic + social)
>hierarchical society
>legal system designed to control society
>social control falls on family bc legal system will punish family not just indiv
>Family power structures

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