random facts
what drink did they scarifice
wine
a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.
cycle
they influence the gods
ancestors
fall
a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence
peasant
what person did they sacrifice for natural disasters
the emperor
relating to a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
dynastic
they controlled there life
ancestor
justified
rebelion
refers to anything related to the ocean, sea, and rivers.
maritime
who did they whorship
shang Di
is an attitude of respect for parents and ancestors in societies influenced by Confucian thought.
filial piety
modern chinesse scripts
pictographs
as long as they were just
a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
dynasty
what was the first civilization to develop a writing form
the shang dynasty
are used to communicate with the gods
oracle bones
when did it take place
1600-1050
natural disasters or corruption
as sings of losing divine approval
a fine, strong, soft lustrous fibre produced by silkworms
silk
when did the shang dynasty take place
1600-1046
a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
bureauracy
earliest development of the language was in
the shang dynsaty
founding prosperity
decline
a system of trade/share cultures
cultural diffusion