The development of culture caused China to develop a centralized monarchy. Due to their beliefs and laws, Confucianism and Legalism led to strong centralized government and a monarch which was reinforced by the development of writing. Logographic writing was a writing system wherein some characters were written the same but spoken differently depending on the tones. The different tones of the words changed what the word meant so to understand what the ruler wanted the people to know, the announcements had to be made in the center where everyone could visit and listen. {sentence connecting logographic writing to belief systems}
The major belief of Confucianism was that there was one father-figure that took care of the family and in turn the