1. Shang China
2nd Period

2. Job Development
There were nobles, soldiers, bronze workers, sculptors, architects, painters, potters, priests, and slaves
All kinds of jobs
They were very rich in bronze so many jobs were created based on that
Built weapons, houses, art, farmed, etc.

3. Economic Setup Based on Imports and Exports
Lots of farming-Along the Yellow river
Based on imports, exports, and agriculture
Their Currency were Cowrie Shells-Found in Indian Ocean
Farmers farmed foods like rice, wheat, barley , and millet
Architects built houses
Painters and potters made artwork

4. Technological/Artistic Innovations and Contributions:
First writing found was on turtle shells and oracle bones
Made books ,scrolls , and calendars
Engravings turned into printing onto paper
Printed newspapers
Invented the horse drawn chariot

5. Political Organization:
Imperialistic
Kings believed to be appointed by god
Tang overthrow Jie in 1675 bce and started shang dynasty
Tang focused on bettering the society
Political system based on cities and boundaries
Capital, Shang, had two city walls, inner housing elite and specialists, and outer consisting of common people
Kings appoint men to lead boundaries and surrounding areas

6. Class System: Class based on land ownership
Higher classes had nicer burials
Lower classes weren’t buried at all

7. Religion: Polytheistic Characterized by a combination of ideas
Believed in the afterlife
Performed sacrifices
Inscribed questions to the God’s on oracle bones
Bear the earliest form of ancient Chinese writing
Characterized by animism and shamanism
Animism: the idea that everything has a soul;
Shamanism, the belief in shamans who have the ability to communicate with the spiritual world

8. Religious Developments:
Bear the earliest form of ancient Chinese writing
Only a small percentage of people could master all the characters so few people could read and write
The oracle bone script was used for diviners to inscribe questions to a God regarding: future weather, crop planting, military endeavors, and similar topics.

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10. Shang China Civilization!