How did the beliefs of the ancient Chinese affect/influence the growth of their civilization?

The beliefs of Ancient Chinese contributed to the development of Ancient Chinese civilization.

Explanation:

The Ancient Chinese had several beliefs: taoism, buddhism, other religions, but the two most important where confucianism, and the belief in the mandate of heaven.

Confucianism allowed Chinese civilization to grow because it provided a system of belief in which the Chinese bureaucracy was based. And the Mandate of Heaven was the belief that the Chinese emperor had, literraly, the mandate of heaven to dominate and unite China. This gave more strenght to the emperor, something that allowed China to be a centralized state since Ancient Times.

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