This oracle bone existed in the Shang dynasty because it shows that the people wrote messages from their past ancestors. They drew pictures and wrote symbols to represent what they are writing

The piece of art (jade) shows that art existed in a civilization because it was a type of sculpture from the Shang dynasty. So this proves that if the sculpture does exist in the Shang dynasty.

This axe made by a craftsman show that technology existed in a civilization because back then, bronze was not really there and was very hard to find. These inventions helped Ancient China a lot.

The crown existed in the Shang dynasty because it showed they had a king. The king basically controlled the entire dynasty. A government is built around a ruler, just like a king.

This statue of the God Shang ti, shows that religion is a characteristic of a civilization because it shows that they made statues to worship their own god. Religion was very important because it would help people live.

These artifacts show that the society has sense of a social class because the more beautiful and valuable the object is, the chances are that they were owned by a higher class. But if there were less valuable things this meant that the owner was in a lower class