This Elephant Vessel from the Shang Dynasty proves that the Shang Dynasty had religion because this vessel was used to store wine, which would be used to serve wine at a religious ceremony for rulers. This shows they cared about religion because people paid craftspeople to make the vessel which would take time and effort, for the ceremonies, so they must care about religion to spend time and money on it.

This chariot from the Shang Dynasty show that the people who lived then had technology because the chariot would help the people move around and would take planning and skill to make it work right and not be too heavy or not to make it fall apart.

This marble bowl from the Shang Dynasty shows that the Shang Dynasty had the civilization characteristic of the arts because the bowl was very intricately carved and shaped, and not anyone could make that, they probably had skilled artisans who specialized in this, craft this bowl.

This jade disk from the Shang dynasty shows that the people had the civilization characteristic of writing beaches on the disk there are characters which must be some form of writing because they would not bother to put some random symbols that have no meaning because it would take time to carefully write the characters. The characters look very intricate and like letters, also.

This jade and bronze axe from the Shang Dynasty shows that they had government because the ruler depended on their armies to govern the Shang Dynasty. The armies help the rulers expand the dynasty too.

This bronze tiger from the Shang dynasty shows that the dynasty had the characteristic of social structure because only the craftspeople would make it and it was their class and that was their duty and job, only they would craft a bronze tiger.