Question

WHat was the mandate of heaven?
a. A god given right to rule china
b. A reason for the Egyptian Pyramids
c.The first polytheistic religion
d. The Chinese description of the afterlife

Answer 1

The concept of the Mandate of Heaven was first used to support the rule of the kings of the Zhou Dynasty, and their overthrow of the earlier Shang dynasty.

Answer 2

so a?

Answer 3

Yeah thats what i was thinking

Answer 4

if that is what you gather from the post then yes