Saturday, December 1, 2007

Chinese Shang Dynasty History

There are many Dynasties in China. The dynasties have different kings, religion and different cultures. I searched about Shang Dynasty. I think the Shang Dynasty has only a little bit of informations because it was the second Dynasty.

The Shang Dynasty started in ancient time because their technology was not good enough. People used bronze to make something. During the Shang Dynasty, there weren't good technology or things that are used that time. The picture of the map is where the Shang Dynasty located and people of north, east, south, and west. The Shang Dynasty located near the Yellow River.

The Shang Dynasty had gain power because the king and the warriors were very powerful to fight, and the nobles sat the top of the social ladder. The most of peasants had very little and barely made it through the taxes that the king enforced.

The economy system was quiet good. The serfs and slaves preformed all economic functions of society. The main thing was farming or the harvest of crops. Many farmers also knew how to cultivate the silkworm and they made many beautiful cloth which would be used for clothing. Silks became China’s main export. The artisans formed another group of the economic structure. Many artisans manufactured weapons, ritual vessels, jewelry, and other items of interest also people made many things that are related to the art. Each Dynasty had a god. In Shang Dynasty, the god named Shang Ti, he was a head god, rules over all the other gods. They thought the worship of ancestors was very important for them. People in Shang Dynasty really liked the god name Shang Ti. Shang Dynasty's culture achivement was quiet good. People developed their writing skills, Excellent bronze works, they used calender to count the days, and the most of good part was bronze work. They made many things with bronze.

The reasons that Shang Dynasty fall was because the next dynasty became really good and Shang Dynasty couldn't handle how to win them or how to attcked them, but finally Shang Dynasy had fall from other dynasty.


I think there were not too much of information of Shang Dynasty because it was short and the second dynasty in China.


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