Characteristics Government

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Important facts, explanations, and evidence Shangs kings depended on strong armies to maintain their rule. The king set up smaller kingdoms under young brothers and nephe s! their army as very po erful because their eapons ere made out of bron"e. This as also the government created by Shang #ang. They believed in second life after death. They had human sacrifices and ancestor orship. They believe that the death had the po er to help or harm. The living kings used oracle bones to ask for advice. %obles are the highest ranked class after the ruling family. Crafts people formed a small social class. They ere under the nobles but above the farmers. They included bron"e, &ade orkers, potters, and stonemasons. Traders ere belo the nobles and crafts people but above farmers. 'armers ere the biggest social class but they ere the second poorest. They did not o n the land that they farmed and they did not get to keep most of their crops. Slaves here the lo est class and they ere usually people caught in ar that ere sold. (ron"e as an important part of technology for them. They ould make tools for ar, arro heads, spearheads, ax heads, and helmets. This as one of the reasons they stayed in po er for more that five hundred years. Chinas diverse land helped them plant and gro different foods and plants. )ike the northeastern plain that fed horses, sheep, and other animals due to its love hills and prairie grass. *rcheologist found shang oracle bones that had inscriptions carved by engravers. +ost of the arts and crafts here made of bron"e. * most common picture as an animal

Social Structure

Technology

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Stable 'ood Supply

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masked called a taotie they ork ith &ade the hardest of &ade stood for isdom. It as smooth and shiny, this represented kindness. *t first the Chinese riting contained only pictograph. (y the shang dynasty people had started using logographs itch is a ritten character that represent a ord.

-in s. king u , Confucius, laosi,hanfe"i