Emperors: Sons of Heaven

People believed that the Emperors were the Sons of Heaven and that they recieved the mandate,or right,to rule from their ancestors.The mandate could be taken away if the ruler was not a good one or the ancestors showed their displeasure with him through flood,famine or storms.Rulers-Emperors or Empresses had to take part in special ceremonies to ask for daily events to go on well.People rebelled against a weak or selfish leader who did not care about their interests.Then the mandate was taken away and given to someone else.

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