Characteristic

Important Facts, Evidence, and Explanations

Government

This picture relates to government because it shows an army that was led by a King. The King set up smaller kingdoms. The king fought other armies to keep them under control.

http://www.glogster.com/cpn1995/egypt-and-shangdynasty/g-6m8re8iuel3h9p99ghadma0 Religion

This picture relates to religion because this is a statue of a god. Some gods were worshipped since the Shang Dynasty. Others were popular later on.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/religion/gods.htm Social Structure This picture relates to social

http://totallyhistory.com/shang-dynasty-1556-1046-bc/ Technology

structure because during the Shang dynasty, bronze represented wealth, strength, power, and luxury because it was used for building weapons and as ceremonial vessels for food and wine. Bronze was high quality at that time. This picture relates to social structure because these are weapons that they used. During the Shang Dynasty, the weapons and tool were made out of bronze. These weapons were used during battle and war.

http://www.icollector.com/ANCIENT-UNIQUE-CHINESESHANG-DYNASTY-BRASS-JIAN-GOUGIANSWORD_i10907756

Stable Food Supply

This picture relates to stable food supply because this is food that they had. These are millets, the dynastys primary food. They also had rice and wheat as well.

http://ancientsocietychina.blogspot.com/2011/12/foodsupply.html Art

This picture relates to art because this shows a carving of a dragon. Art that was carved was usually made of bronze. There were also jade carvings with details of animals such as tigers, fish, and dragons. It was a tradition that the numbers of jade carvings you may have had at your burial when you passed away, the wealthier you were.

https://sites.google.com/site/egyptvsshangdynasty/shangdynasty Writing

http://history.cultural-china.com/en/51History2941.html

This picture relates to writing because these have written words on then from long ago. These are called Oracle Bones, ancient scripts that were carved on tortoise shells or animal bones. During the Shang Dynasty, the ancients used the natural elements as the exertion of mystical power. When there were floods, drought, lightning and thunder, or some big events, like royal hunts, journeys and military campaigns, ancients would predict the future by reading the messages of nature.