The Shang Dynastical Reign

o Later Shang sites found at Erligang in Northwest China hint at an even more complex state and society

The Shang Dynasty are the first recorded dynasty to rule over Ancient China. They were people of intellect, higher power, and prophecies. What they are most known for are their oracle bones. These were either made of tortoise shell or cattle scapula. As to why they chose these specific animals and bones, whether it was a religious, or symbol for a deity or could have been a large population of these animals, no one knows. The king would attend the ritual of the divination by fire, where he would ask the deities a question as to why a specific event had occurred or a demand, such as requesting a fertile year. The diviner would then answer the question or demand translated through the cracks after setting the inscribed bone into the fire. These translations could then say whether the gods were pleased, displeased, the reason a certain event or disaster occurred. The deity the Shang King would mostly contact through these oracle bones was the the Higher God, Di.

The Qin Dynasty, being the first of its kind, paved the way for a huge empire than would control most of Asia. It introduced a lot that would increase conditions for the people, such as a standard script, coinage, as well as establishing one of the most important trade roots in history; the Silk Road. But it also left a legacy behind, a legacy that is still revealing truths and information about how the people of this time actually lived.

    Emperor Gaozu unified China by doing many things.  He conquered regions near the Tang, expanding the Dynasty.  He also implemented rules put in place by Emperor Wen of Sui that were replaced when Emperor Yang came to power.  Under his ruling, a new coin was minted and trade was promoted. (Totally History)

Ancient China is a civilization with a lot of important features. Ancient china is known for their dynasties. China has many important geographic features as well. China had religion, achievements, dynasties, relationships, and many more.

The economic of throughout history have always varied during different time periods. Highly depending on different factors like land, culture and overall morality of the group in general. If the land is too dry, no crops can be made yet if the land is dangerously moist, it could just wipe everyone clean of the earth. In the early world, it was a double-edged sword. With everything being new, a lot of deaths had to occur before a steady system had to be made. The Economics that showcase the dynamics ages is The Shang, the Mayans, and the Persian empires.

A ruler named Yu was credited with providing the irrigation and draining systems to northern China. Most rulers of the Shang Dynasty, had combat as their number one priority, with agriculture being number one in the Chinese society. Much of the Chinese warfare used horse-drawn Chariots as a means of combat. The ring of the Shang dynasty's kings had help by his assistants that helped with had help by his partners that helped with governing the rest of the empire. The king was in charge of controlling the large armies in their combat that usually occurred on the edge of the state. This was an era where the rulers believed supernatural forces exist, leaving the people to offer these powers human sacrifices. In their social structure, farming was

What was life like during the Shang Dynasty, and what effect did writing have on Chinese culture and government?

The Zhou Dynasty was similar to the Shang, but contained its own unique traits. By defeating the Shang in battle, the Zhou inherited the Shang’s material culture. This led to changes in multiple categories. To give you an idea of what the Zhou Dynasty was like compared to the Shang, I’m going to inform you of three topics consisting of the Zhou politics, lifestyle, and religion. To begin with, I want to give you a look inside the Zhou Dynasty politics.

While both the Phoenicians and Shang Dynasty developed differing economic and religious views, they both left lasting legacies

Stephenie Osewe 18 September 2014 There were different Dynasties in china. They had some similarities and differences. Some of the similarities between the Xia and the Shang Dynasties was the yellow river. Bentley et al. tells us that “The dynasty ruler of the Xia Dynasties exercised power throughout the middle yellow river valley by controlling the leader of individual villages” (53).

Throughout the history of Shang, the oracle bone text was both a divination tool and a significant historical record of Shang’s culture and politics.

First off, let’s look at the economic state of the Shang empire. Due to the soil near the Yellow River, they're specialized in bronze crafting. Their soil cause the economy to sky-rocket in like it is explained here: “ But Shang ruling elites man-aged to monopolize the production of bronze in the Yellow River valley by controlling access to copper and tin ores” (Bentley, Jerry). Due to the discovery of metallurgy, it causes a spike in weapon production spiked. Weapons of all kinds were made to satisfy the growing market like so, “ They also dramatically expanded production by employing government craftsmen to turn out large quantities of bronze axes, spears, knives, and arrowheads exclusively for the Shang rulers and their armies”(Bentley,

Although tian 天 mainly indicated a physical or spacial place rather than the Ultimate Reality in the Shang dynasty, its graphic form and semantic meaning already had similarities with Di 帝 in the later period of Shang Dynasty. It is in the following Zhou dynasty, Tian 天 and Di 帝 have been used as different names or titles to refer to the same Ultimate, which laid the common foundation for the transcendent Ultimate in Confucian tradition.

POWER AND AUTHORITY The early rulers introduced ideas about government and society that shaped Chinese civilization.