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    Shang Bronze Age

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    Shang was the first dynasty in ancient China. The workers became highly skilled in pottery, weaving, tool making, and other crafts and trades (McLenighan 18). They were the first to invent bronze. They mixed tin and copper together, heated it, then poured it carefully and quickly into molds before it dried (Chun). Weapons and tools were made better with bronze (McLenighan 18). This dynasty was known as the bronze age because bronze was so important to them (Chun). The Shang used shells for money

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    The Shang Dynasty was the second dynasty of China, which was founded by Cheng Tang. It succeeded the Xia Dynasty. It’s the first period of Ancient China that it’s existence has been proved by archaeology, such as oracle bones which is the oldest documentation of writing. They produced the calendar and were the first to invent writing. The Shang king had power over everyone in the land. He had a council of officials that formulated and ran the government. Their last king, Di Xin, committed suicide

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    The rise and fall of dynasties in china Introduction Rhoads Murphey describes the history of China history is on the succession of dynasties that ruled it over a period of time until around 1912 when Republic of china was formed before rising to the current People’s Republic of China was formed in 1949. In China, a dynasty was made up of Kings or emperors that came from the same family. They ruled in succession where a king could be inherited by his son or his immediate relatives. Although

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    to rule as Emperor. After nearly four centuries of internal division, China was unified again in 581 with the Sui Dynasty being founded by Yang Jian, who established his capital at Chang'an and began to extend his authority throughout China. Like his predecessors, he desired a unifying ideology and turned to Daoism and Buddhism, founding monasteries for both

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    Xia Dynasty was the first dynasty made, and was established by Qi (son of Yu the Great). It was a country made up of different tribes. The Shang Dynasty was established by the leader Tang, was also ruled by 31 rulers. Then, it became a society based on slavery. The Zhou Dynasty originated from the Zhou clan. By the 11th Century BC, this clan had become very powerful and had extended throughout the present Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces. Lasting from the 11th century BC to 771 BC, the Western Zhou was

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    up and fallen over thousands of years. However, the foremost eminent and long lasting societies have developed a similar options over the course of their growth. 2 major civilizations were the Han and Zhou. each of that had a similar general characteristics with variable parts. The Chow and dynasty had the same system of presidency. each selected their ruler relying upon the Mandate of Heaven. this idea determined that authority was gained through winning the favor of the gods. people who were chosen

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    The Terracotta Army discovery is one of the most remarkable and mysterious discoveries from the ancient world. The Terracotta Tomb was discovered when workers were digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China, in 1974 . It was then they struck upon one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in the world: a life-size clay soldier poised for battle called the Terra- Cotta Army. The diggers contacted the Chinese government and had them bring archaeologists to the site . The archaeologists and

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    What do you think, was Shi Huangdi a menace or a visionary for what he has done? Shi Huangdi was a very bad man and was a menace no matter what other people think about him. He buried 400 scholars alive to show a warning, He massoccored armys of six states and built an army of clay figures to guard him from them. First, Shi Huangdi buried 400 scholars showing a warning to the empire. Qin Shi Huangdi was a menace because 400 people broke a law he buried them alive to show a warning. Source 2 “Chinese

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    day China in each dynasty. The first dynasty was the Xia dynasty which made the Chinese civilization in two-thousand seventy b.c. the dynasty was led by Yu the great, but he gave his power to his son Qi, which created the dynastic rule, the ruling family passes power down through the family. The Shang dynasty followed the Xia dynasty by ruling from one-thousand sixty-six b.c. to one-thousand twenty-two b.c. in the corner of northern China. The capital city of the Shang dynasty was Anyang which was

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    The Culture Of A Country

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    Inherently the Shang Dynasty will fall after another rebellion at the Battle of Muye, bringing to power the Zhou Dynasty from 1046 – 226 BCE. China eventually will fall under three more Dynasty’s; Qin, Han, and Tang before the People’s Republic of China forms on the premise that everyone in the population is equal. The

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