A Shang Capital City
In 1928, archaeologists excavated the ruins of this city and found many artifacts from the Shang Dynasty.
What is Anyang?
Who was the Shang government led by?
What is a powerful king?
After the ruling family, this group made up the highest-ranking social class. This group fought in the king's armies and supplied them with weapons, foot soldiers, and chariots.
What are nobles?
Shang religion centered on this.
What is ancestor worship?
Underneath the foundation of the King's palace in Anyang, archaeologists found these.
What are human bones?
Shang kings depended on strong armies for these purposes.
To maintain their rule, and to defend and expand their kingdoms.
This talented group formed a small social class that included potters, stonemasons, and workers crafting items of bronze and jade.
What are artisans?
The king inherited the right to rule from his ______.
What are ancestors?
The Shang Dynasty may have practiced human sacrifice in two instances: 1.) whenever a new royal house was constructed, and 2.) ___________.
What is when a king was buried?
The king's armies were especially powerful because Shang nobles had weapons made of _______.
What is bronze?
This group made up the largest social class in Shang society.They worked small plots of land, growing millet, wheat, barley, rice, fruit, vegetables, and nuts. They did not own the land they farmed since it was under the control of either the king or the nobles.
What are farmers?
Kings consulted these to seek their ancestors' advice on important matters such as when to hunt, where to build cities, and whether to go to war.
What are oracle bones?
The Shang Dynasty conducted human sacrifices during the burial of a king, and buried the king with food and other provisions based on this belief.
What is they believed that the king needed to be served in the afterlife?
The Shang are amongst the first people to discover how to make bronze. Bronze is a mixture of ______ and _______.
What are copper and tin?
At the very bottom of Shang society was this group, many of whom were prisoners of war. They spent their lives building tombs and palaces.
What are slaves?
The oracle bones were made from
What are cow shoulder blades or turtle shells?
These artifacts may be found in the tomb of a king. (You must name at least 3).
What are: containers of food, servants, weapons, carved jade ornaments, bone carvings, pieces of pottery, stone sculptures, and chariots
Shang warriors traveled on foot, mounted on horseback, in chariots, and on ___________.
What are elephants?
The Shang Dynasty used these as money.
What are cowrie shells?
The inscriptions on ______ are among the earliest known examples of Chinese writing.
What are oracle bones?