Rise and fall
What grew along the Huang river?
Farming Villages
Rule passed from _ to _ ?
Brother to brother
What were most tools made of?
Bronze
What is another name for the Huang He river?
The yellow river
What are oracle bones made of?
Animal bones and turtle shells
How long did the dynasty last?
About 600 years
Why did the Shang attack neighboring lands?
To expand their territory
What are the Shang best known for making?
Bronze metalworking
What way does the river flow?
East
What did pictographs represent?
Words or ideas
How was the Shang dynasty developed?
A ruler from the kingdom founded the dynasty
What did they build to hold back water?
Dikes
What did the Shang use their expensive bronze for?
Religious ceremoinies
What were some of the tools that soldiers used to fight in wars?
Bows,lances,bronze axes
What was written on the Oracle bones?
Questions for the priest to interpret
When did the dynasty end?
1046 BCE
What did the Shang leaders use their wealth to build?
Large walled cities
What are two things the Shang artisans created?
Pottery and Jade carvings
What are the floods good for?
Agriculture
Pictographs were a combination of what?
Symbols
About when did the Shang dynasty start?
5000 BCE
What did The Shang leaders organize groups of farmers for?
Collecting extra food for soldiers
The Shang did not use an alphabet for their written words they used —
pictographs
What is loess?
A fine dust like material that can form soil.
What do logographs represent?
A complete word or phrase