Social class
The highest ranking social class in the Shang Dynasty.
Honoring ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the dead.
ancestor worship
The strength of the Shang dynasty that eventually led to their destruction.
their strength in war
Small social class consisting of bronze and jade workers, potters, and stonemasons.
craftsmen
Kings used these to ask their ancestors for advice on important issues.
oracle bones
Fighting in multiple wars eventually had this effect on their military.
it weakened it
The largest social class in the Shang Dynasty.
The farmers
Oracle bones could be made from these two things.
turtle shells or the shoulder blade of a cow
The year the Shang Dynasty fell.
1046 BCE
This is what the people on the bottom of the Shang social structure spent their time doing.
Building houses and structures like temples
This is what was pressed onto oracle bones in order to make them crack.
hot needle
a system of managing the wealth of a country or region.
economy