Culture and Religion/Eurasia and North Africa

 As one of the first civilizations, China believed in legalism. legalism is the concept of rules and laws through "a system of rewards and punishments." I find this interesting because to keep the people in order, they provided high rewards. To keep them from staying out of trouble, they provided heavy punishments if necessary. What I also found intriguing was the Confucian answer to restoring order. Confucius was from a aristocratic family. He suggested that strong moral people should teach people how to behave, and that goodness should be part of all relationships. The text mentions Siddhartha Gautama. We read a book ab out him senior year of high school. Basically he taught that to end suffering we have to get rid of desire.