Shang

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Shang

• By
• Kim Cox Lauren Devine
• Rachel Mathison Amanda Boyd
• Megan Lam Mary Hawaz
• Zach Kincaid

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Oracle Bones

• Oracle Bones were used for answering questions
  that the ruler had.
• Priests scratched in questions and interpreted
  the answers.

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Ideology

• The ancient symbols that were used for writing.
• There were 3,000 symbols.

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Yellow River

• The Yellow River is 2,903 miles long.
• The Yellow River is in North Eastern China.

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Bronze

• They used bronze for vessels, weapons, chariot
  fixtures.
• 10,000 bronze vessels still survive.
• They used the method of casting.

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Shang Dynasty

• From 1766 BCE - 1027 BCE the Shang Dynasty ruled.
• Zhou conquered Shang in the 11th century.

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Mandate of Heaven

• The Mandate of Heaven was used through other
  dynasties also
• Supernatural is kept order in the Shang dynasty

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Theocracy and Polytheism

• Theocracy
• A form of government in which God or a deity
  is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the
  God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the
  ecclesiastical authorities.

• Polytheism
• The doctrine of or belief in more than one god
  or in many gods.

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Quiz

• What are ideographs?
• a. Graphs of crop growth
• b. Weapons they used in war
• c. Symbols used for writing
• What was the capital of Shang?
• Anyang
• Shang
• Beijing
• How long is the Yellow River?
• 1,400 miles
• 2,903 miles
• 2,550 miles

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Work Cited

• John, M.S. (1989) The Land and People of China.
  New York, NY Lippincott Junior Books
• China(2006). Encyclopedia Americana (31st ed.,
  Vol. 6).Danbury, CN Scholastic Library
  Publishing, Inc
• Shang or Yin dynasty. (n.d.). Crystal Reference
  Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 17, 2007, from
  Reference.com website http//www.reference.com/br
  owse/crystal/29044
• Spielvogel, J.J. (2005). World History. New York,
  NY Glencoe