Shang And Zhou Dynasty
Published on Mar 17, 2016
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND POTTERY IN THE HUANG HE
VALLEY DATING BACK TO THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO
THESE ARTIFACTS SHOW THAT THE HUANG HE VALLEY WAS THE
FIRST CENTER OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION
ARCHAEOLOGISTS THINK THAT PEOPLE STAYED IN THE
VALLEY AND FARMED THE LAND BECAUSE OF THE RICH SOIL
AS THE NUMBERS ROSE,THEY BEGAN BUILDING TOWNS
AND SOON AFTER, THE FIRST CHINESE CIVILIZATION BEGAN
CHINAS FIRST RULERS WERE PROBALY PART OF THE
XIA DYNASTY
THE SHANG KINGS RULED FROM ABOUT 1750 BC TO 1045 BC
MANY MEN WERE IN THE KINGS ARMIES
DURING THE SHANG DYNASTY PEOPLE BEGAN
TO USE HORSE- DRAWN CHARIOTS WITH SPOKED WHEELS
ZHOU DYNASTY
IN 1045 AN ARISTOCRAT NAMED WU WANG LED A REBELLION
AGAINST THE SHANG
WEN WANG THE POWERFUL LEADER WHO WANTED TO
OVERTHROW THE SHANG DYNASTY
HIS SON WU WANG LED AN ARMY ACROSS THE YELLOW RIVER
TO DEFEAT THE KING OF THE SHANG DYNASTY
ZHOU GOVERNMENT
THE ZHOU KING WAS AT THE HEAD
OF THE GOVERNMENT
UNDER HIM WAS A LARGE BUREAUCRACY
THE ZHOU KINGS COPIED THE SHANG SYSTEM OF
DIVIDING THE KINGDOM INTO SMALLER TERRITORIES
THE POSITIONS THE ARISTOCRATS HELD WERE HEREDITARY
WHEN AN ARISTOCRAT DIED A MEMBER IN THERE FAMILY WOULD TAKE OVER
