SHANG DYNASTY

COMMUNICATION

LOGOGRAMS

DRAGON BONES

WOOD SLIPS

• When relating large pieces of information
• These were probably an early version of books or pamphlets

BRONZE VESSELS

SOCIAL CLASSES

• Kings and queens are the rulers of the land
• Nobles were second in classes, lived in large homes and palaces
• Warriors were knights in bronze armor who went to battle in horse-drawn chariots
• Farmers were really peasants, and lived in nearby villages. Their homes were very simple
• Merchants and craftsman didn't produce food and we're not part of the nobility, they were outside the class structure.

GOVERNMENT

• They was ruled by kings
• They created social classes
• Rich people had big houses
• Poor people like peasants had small house outside the walls
• Which were 30 feet high and 65 feet thick

RELIGION

ANCESTOR WORSHIP

• Ancient china people believed that there were a number of gods
• They could not talk to to these gods directly
• The only way that they could ask the gods to bring them good fortune was by going through ancestors

MANDATE HEAVEN

• The Mandate of Heaven is based on four principles
• 1. The right to rule is granted by heaven
• 2. There is only one heaven therefore there can be only one ruler
• 3. The right to rule is based on the virtue of the ruler
• 4. The right to rule Is not limited to one dynasty

GODS

• Their were only gods of nature
• Their most powerful god was sky god
• They believed in many gods,

CELEBRATIONS

• Each year they celebrated the spring festival
• Several villages would gather for the festival
• It was during shang times that the spring festival evolved
• Into what we call today Chinese New Year