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The History of ChinaShang Dynasty
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SSWH2 The student will identify the major achievements of Chinese and Indian societies from 1100 BCE to 500 CE.
c. Describe the development of Chinese civilization under the Zhou and Qin.
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Chinese Dynasties• Shang Dynasty 1766 BCE - 1027 BCE • Zhou Dynasty 1122 BCE -256 BCE • Qin Dynasty 221 BCE - 206 BCE • Han Dynasty 206 BCE - 220AD • Later Han Dynasty 25 AD - 220 AD • Period of Disunion 220 AD - 589 • Sui Dynasty 589 AD - 618 AD • Tang Dynasty 618 AD - 907 AD • Sung Dynasty 969 AD - 1279 AD • Yuan Dyansty 1279 AD - 1368 AD • Ming Dynasty 1368 AD - 1644 AD
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Geography
• North China– Cold Winters– Soils are dry and
permeable– Agriculture requires
drought resistant crops
• South China– Warmer and wetter– Waterlogged fields– Agriculture thrives on
rice
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Geography
• Isolation due to:• ocean, desert, high
mountains • cut off from trade• Little to no
opportunity for cultural diffusion
• most unique of our world’s early civilizations.
PEACE ETERNITY
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Features of the Shang Dynasty• First written records:
calligraphy writing and paper making
• Sharp division between king’s nobles and the peasants
• Wood used as building material (not mud-dried bricks as in other regions)
• Peasants used wooden tools• Shang made magnificent
bronze weapons and ceremonial vessels
Pics: Bronze work of the Shang period (1700-1027 B.C.). A toilet, an ax, and a cooking cauldron.
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Shang Dynasty 1766 BCE - 1027 BCE
• First organized river society
• introduced writing on oracles bones
• local trade• ancestor worship• bronze age, Huang
He river
LOVE TOLERANCE LUCK
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Shang Dynasty• Construction of cities along
the Hwang He river (yellow river)
–Shang cites are huge–Elite homes = walled-in
from surrounding communities–Higher proportion of
jade and other elite goods in society
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Central govt power• Influence varied according to
distance from the capital.• Shang rulers = traveled widely • assisted by a complex hierarchy of
nobles.• Local lords = responsible for
collecting taxes and supplying men for public projects.
• Armies as large as 30,000 soldiers were assembled to fight “barbarians.” Bronze age blades shang dynasty
circa 1200 bce
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Shang farming and economy• Millet = main crop in North
China.• rice and wheat in Southern
China• Stone hoes, harvesting
knives, and wooden digging sticks used• Irrigation common• agricultural labor may have
encouraged rural families to grow • led to large-scale population
growth.
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Shang bronze• Shang civilization is famous for its bronzework.• Bronze was used to make food and drinking vessels, weapons,
chariot and cavalry fittings, and musical instruments.• Indications are that the origins of bronzeworking were local not
imported
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Shang Religion• Polytheistic nature gods
(gods of water, wind, fire, rock, earth)
• Ancestor Worship – result of strong belief in family and importance of family taking care of each other
• Folk Spirits – similar to the bogeyman, tooth fairy, leprechauns
Shang dynasty circa 16th/11th bce
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Shang social system• Kings = divine• Grain = tribute to king and
court = funded lavish lifestyle.• The lower = farmers and
craft workers.• At the bottom of the lower
class = war captives = slaves or served as sacrificial victims for rituals and temple dedications.
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Shang writing• Chinese writing was
formalized during Shang times.–Chinese written
language = over 3,000 symbols.–Chinese writing =
related closely to the political, military, and ritual activities of the upper class
Oracle bone
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SSWH2 The student will identify the major achievements of Chinese and Indian societies from 1100 BCE to 500 CE.
c. Describe the development of Chinese civilization under the Zhou and Qin.
• List five facts which will help you remember this element:• • • • •