Between the Huang He and Yangtze Rivers Ancient China Between the Huang He and Yangtze Rivers
Specialized Workers Nobles- land owners Civil Servants- government administrative workers Professional warriors Artisans Wall builders Peasants- farmer
Complex Institutions Duties to their family and to their emperor Religion: Main god: Shang Di Spirits of ancestors have power to bring good fortune or disaster Feudalism- use of land that legally belonged to emperor in exchange for military protection
Advanced Cities Anyang- capital of the Shang Dynasty, built out of wood Hao- Zhou capital
Advanced Technology Had Bronze, but thought it was too precious for tools Wooden digging sticks, hoes, sickles made of stone Chariot Silk Roads Canals Coined money Iron/cast iron Dagger, axes, swords Crossbow
Record Keeping Oracle Bones Calligraphy write a questions to the gods on a bone, apply a hot poker to it, which causes it to crack, priest interpreted the cracks to see how the gods had answered Calligraphy Written language based on ideas not sounds One could read Chinese without being able to speak a word of it