Shang Dynasty
Who is Fu Hao and why is she important?
Wife of King Wu Ding and a military leader
Why important: She shows that women could be leaders and helped protect the Shang Dynasty.
What is the Oracle Bone for?
The Oracle Bone tells us what will future.
What are the social orders in order
King and Royal Family, Nobles and Warriors, Farmers, Craftspeople and Merchants, Slaves.
Most people were farmers who grew:
rice, millet, and vegetables.
Who is Cheng Tang and why is he important?
Started the Shang Dynasty by defeating the Xia ruler
Why important: He created one of the first big dynasties in China and set up the government.
What is the capital of the Shang Dynasty?
The capital of the Shang Dynasty is Anyang.
King and Royal Family ruled.......
Land, Army, and did religious ceremonies.
Families lived in small houses made of:
wood and clay
Who is Wu Ding and what did he do for living?
Wu Ding was a king who led the army and ruled the Shang Dynasty and made the dynasty powerful.
Around what BCE was the goverment established?
It was established in 1600 BCE.
Nobles and Warriors helped.....
Helped the king fight and manage towns
What did people also do?
Name two achivements from the Shang Dynasty that we still use now
Calendar, written script, bronze, ivory, jade statues, elegant colored cloth.
What does Divination mean?
Act of foretelling future events or revealing hidden information with the aid of supernatural powers
Slaves worked on....
Farms, buildings, as servants.
What did craftspeople make?
bronze tools, weapons, and pottery
BONUS
Name one of the social orders
King and Royal Family, Warriors and Nobles, Craftsmen and Merchants, and Slaves
One of them
What does ritual mean?
A set pattern of behavior for a religious or their kind of ceremony
True or False
people were born into their social class and stayed there for life
True
When did they start making bronze tools and weapons?
1500-1300 BCE