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//**According to Chinese tradition, the Shang dynasty was found by an rebel King, Tang of Shang, who overthrew the last Xia ruler in the Battle of Mintingtiao.**// //**Map of ancient China and location of the Shang Dynasty.** **__(Wikipedia)__**// Most cities of Shang is surrounded by walls,construction of these walls take alot of hard labors and alot of people are forces to help out. one site of the Shang capital is the Ruins of Yin archaeological work there uncovered 11 yin is a royal tombs, palaces and ritual sites, contrain weapon and has lot of remain from human sacrifice. Subterranean pithouse were located near capital and it use for storage and service quarter. (Nhan Truong)
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//**The site of Yin, the capital ( 1350-1046 B.C) of Shang Dynasty.**// __**(Wikipedia)**__

//**__Central Governments and Laws:__**// Shang government are monarchy and feudalism, the government hold absolutely power, so no one dared to argue with him. He ruled by force, if no one obey his order, would be kill immidiately by his soldiers. People who got the strongest army will be the next kings.

Shang Zhou is the last Shang king, he suicide after his peoples betray him by join Zhou rebels. (Brad Scrugg)

//**It the king vassals and soldiers __(Wikipedia)__**// //**__Writing and Record keeping:__**// Shang was the invention of writing and first group of China that written record is found.It was both pictographs and ideographs, sign that expressed thought or ideas.Some direct information of the Shang come from inscription on bronze artifacts, most come from oracle bones,turtle shells.The information on oracles bone are many topic from the politics, economy and Medicine during the Shang (China).Chinese still reamins one of the difficult language to learns. (Nhan Truong)

**//This picture is an oracle bones. __(Wikipedia)__//**

//**__Highly organized Religion:__**// Shang worshipped the "Shang Ti", this good rule over the nature and other natural forces. Highly ritualized, ancestor worship became a part of Shang religion and Sacrifice human is a major part of Shang religion. When a king die hundreds of slaves were burying alive with him, people also sacrifice in an important event such as founding temple, palace and war. (Niko Delcotto)

//**The remaining of human sacrifice __(Wikipedia)__**//

//**__Specialized Jobs:__**// As far back 1500 B.C, the early Shang make a large production of bronze bronze and weapons. This production take alot of people to handle the mining, refining and transportaion copper, lead, ores. This creation need a skill artisan and craftsmen.

Their cilivation was also base on agriculture and augmented by hunting and animal husbandry. (Brad Scruggs)

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//**__Social Classes:__**// Shang social classes were divided into two classes the nobility and commoner. The royal family was a noble who owned the land. They used a good utensil and good armor ,...Noble family live in an large houses.Artisans produced goods for nobles, including robe and jewelry (a jade ring in the shape of a dragon). Merchant organized trade, exchanging food and craft by local artisans for food and other goods not able to found in northeastern China. Many of Shang commoner are slave that work for noble poeple. (Brad Scruggs)

**//The last king of Shang (Shang Zhou) __(Wikipedia)__//**

Chinese use bronze to create art like a pots with a geometric pattern, the Shang use bronze to create good art rather than weapons. Other advances include the invention of musical instrument. People also do cave painting, they mostly draw an animals. (Niko Delcotto) //**Pot carved with geometric shape, Shang Dynasty (1600-1100) B.C**// __//**(Wikipedia)**//__ __//**Public Works:**//__ Shang China people live in an hut and they stay together in an farming village. many live in an hut that were dig several feet below the ground and such home kept warm in the winter and cool air in the summer. They are mostly farmer used stone tool to plants and harvest crops. If there are war between two noble family, the slave or people had to fight alongside with their lords. (Nhan Truong)
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Work Cited:

World History Book pg. 59-60 [] Dynasty (Picture included)

__//**Conclusion Paragraph: (Nhan Truong)**//__

The Shang Dynasty (China) is between 1600-1046B.C, their civilization were based on on agriculture and augment by hunting and animal husbandry. During the Shang dynasty even the noble can't own alot of bronze. Other poeple also using bronze to make art like a pot with geometric shape or a jade carved tiger. Bronze is helpful in many way because it also create good weapon for war.

During the Shang Dynasty, most government are monarchy, they hold absolute power over the land. people has to obey the king order or he'll order his men to kill them. A person that has the strongest army will be the next king. Shang Zhou is the last king of

Shang Dynasty, commited suicide after his army and slaves betray him by joining the Zhou rebels to take down their king.

Some information about the Shang Dynasty come from the oracles bones. The information is about religion, politics, ecnomy, art and medicine. The Shang capital, the Ruins of Yin archaeological has uncovered 11 major royal toombs, and alot of remain humain sacrifice. the Shang worship a god called "Shang Ti" and he able to control natural forces. Human sacrifice is a major part of Shang religion. People believe that it help you win an war or stop and flood .