1. social structure and family life
1.1. social structure was based on peoples occupations, wealth and influence
1.1.1. rulers, priests and nobles have the most power and rank highest in the social structure
1.2. Shang/Zhou
1.2.1. Ancestor worship was very important.
1.2.2. If people were not pleased tragedies would occur.
2. economy and trade
2.1. Sumerian
2.1.1. Sumerian city-state was a large extent, self-sufficient economic unit.
2.1.2. Sumerians were the first people to attempt to control water.
2.2. Shag/Zhou
2.2.1. Shang dynasty engaged in large scale production of bronze and weapons
2.2.2. Bronze was used for fitting of spoke-wheeled chariots.
3. religion
3.1. There was more than 2,000 gods and goddesses
3.2. The Sumerians had a god who was identified as Enlin, the Sky God.
3.3. Every household village and city had its own god that they worshiped.
3.4. The purpose of a man was to serve the gods.
3.5. Shang/Zhou
3.5.1. Shang king ruled over the whole civilization.
3.5.2. they had folk religion. meaning they believed in many gods.
4. geography and agriculture
4.1. Sumeria
4.1.1. fertile crescent-fertile land that curves between the metatranion sea and the persian gulf
4.1.2. the land that naturally has very fertile soil from the tigres and Euphrates rivers have been called Mesopotamian helped bring out the worlds first civilization
4.2. shang/zhou
4.2.1. long rivers, fertile soils and temperature climates
4.2.2. the Chang Jaing and the Haung He were the two major rivers that supplied them with water
4.2.3. most of china is filled with mountains, rivers and desert
5. government and leaders
5.1. sumerians
5.1.1. Each Sumerian city formed its own city-state.
5.1.2. Temples stood for the very centre of life.
5.2. Shang/Zhou
5.2.1. The king was the ruler
5.2.2. They had a social pyramid with the king on top and then the lower classes all below him.
6. arts and education
6.1. zang/shou
6.1.1. jade carving
6.1.2. bronze age
6.2. Sumerian
6.2.1. The literature is written in coneiform
6.2.2. Mesopotamian sculpture comes in all sizes
6.2.3. Most early human figures have big, string EYES.
7. science and technology
7.1. sumerians
7.1.1. invented the wheel used for pottery
7.1.2. invented writing
7.1.3. invented the sailboat
7.1.4. irrigation
7.1.5. learned to use bronze to make stonger tools and weapons
7.2. Shang/Zhou
7.2.1. Shang fully developed the system of writing
7.2.2. Also developed pottery.