1. Government and Leaders
1.1. Shang/Zhou
1.1.1. The Shang Dynasty was ruled by King Tang he was the leader of his tribe for 17 years.
1.1.2. Some of the other leaders include Tang of Shang, Tài Ding, Wai Bing, Zhòng Rén, Tai Jia, Wò Ding, Tài Geng, Xiao Jia, Yong Ji, Tài Wù, and Zhòng Ding. And that is only half of them.
1.1.3. The Shang Dynasty had a very centralized Government, and the more they expanded the city the more the government became centralized.
1.2. Sumerians
1.2.1. The Sumerians were under the leadership of Lugalanemundu of Adab for 25 years.
1.2.2. One of the most famous priest-kings was Gilgamesh of Uruk. He was told to be 18 feet tall
1.2.3. The ancient Sumerians are credited with being the first to have
1.2.4. The Sumerians government was based on monarchy and the king had full power over the rest of the Sumerians.
2. Economy and Trade
2.1. Shang/Zhou
2.1.1. In the Shang Dynasty they traded all types of things such as cattles, sheep, bronze vessels, jade, food, and clothes. They used seashells for money.
2.1.2. Fishing started to grow as an industry and people started to fish in fresh waters.
2.2. Sumerians
2.2.1. The jobs that the sumerians had were pottery makers, stone cutters, bricklayers, metal smiths, fishers, farmers, shepherds, weavers, leather workers, and sailors.
2.2.2. The sumerian Economy was based on agriculture which was influenced by mesopotamian history.
2.2.3. Old sumerian homes were usually made with reed. Some of the newer homes that they built were made out of sun baked mud bricks because they were running out of stone.
2.2.4. Sumerians ploughed with stone and cut with clay sickles. Until they started using metal ploughs with the development of metal-working skills.
2.2.5. Sumerians traded crops from their firtle soil for the metal, stone, and wood that they needed.
3. Social Structure and Family Life
3.1. Shang/Zhou
3.1.1. The citizens of the Shang Dynasty were separated into 4 different classes including the king and aristocracy, the military, artisans and craftsmen, and peasants.
3.1.2. For people during the Shang Dynasty family was one of the most important things.
3.1.3. The oldest male of each house hold was considered the head of the house and had to deal with any problems the family might have.
3.1.4. Children were expected to be good kids that didn't act up. They had to be obedient and could never argue with there parents.
3.2. Sumerians
3.2.1. The Sumerians were also separated into 4 classes they were the nobles, commoners, clients and slaves
3.2.2. In Sumerian house holds the man was the master of the house. In certain cases he was even allowed to sell his wife and children.
3.2.3. Women of upper class were had freedom even though the man was the head of the house.
3.2.4. Boys of upper class went to a school while girls were forced to be educated at home.
4. Science and Technology
4.1. Shang/Zhou
4.1.1. They created the spooked wheel. This helped them travel through mud and dirt
4.1.2. They created the horse driven chariot. This was after they domesticated horses.
4.1.3. The Shang Dynasty really advanced the bronze making skills they made many things from it.
4.2. The Sumerians
4.2.1. The sumerians used a reed and a clay tablet to write simbols or drawings. When the touched the clay tablet with the reed it created a wedge shape
4.2.2. Sumerians produced sculptures carbed from alabaster,gypsum,lapis lazuli,limestone,marble, and wood
4.2.3. They created the wheel for pottery, carts, and for chariots.
4.2.4. There art was primarily used for religious perpaces . They had strong beliefs in there gods
4.2.5. According to the Sumerian accounts their knowledge of astronomy was given to them by their gods.
5. Arts and Education
5.1. Shang/Zhou
5.1.1. Decorating Shang-dynasty bronze vessels is the are called taotie.
5.1.2. There was a lot of progress in the music field. Since there was a lot of progress in bronze casting, that made it easier for delicate musical instruments to be made.
5.1.3. The Shangs had 2,000 years all together practicing the art of jade carving.
5.2. Sumerians
5.2.1. All types of art have been found from Sumerians. They include marble, diorite, hammered gold, and lapis lazuliahve been found.
5.2.2. Cuneiform began as picture symbols but developed into wedge-like shapes used to represent sounds. Cuneiform is when things are pressed to contain them
5.2.3. To create the signature on a tablet, the Sumerians created beautiful, elaborate cylinder seals.
5.2.4. schools were associated with the priesthood and took place in temples
6. Religion
6.1. Shang/Zhou
6.1.1. Zhou is famous for the two major chinese philosophies: Confuciansm and Taoism.
6.1.1.1. Destinations
6.1.2. Confucius introduced the yin and the yang. Yin was the passive , negative force. Yang was the active , positive force.
6.1.3. Confucius was a government official, he lived from 551 to 479 BC.
6.1.4. Many of his sayings and teachings impacted the culture of China.
6.2. Sumerians
6.2.1. The Sumerians study a polytheistic religion representing cosmic and terrestrial forces in there world.
6.2.2. There religion affected the whole middle east, by there literature and temples.
6.2.3. The Sumerians were one of the first to write down there religion
6.2.4. There was no set of gods in sumer. Each city state would have its own patrons,temples, and priest kings.
7. Geography and Arigcilture
7.1. Shang/Zhou
7.1.1. The Shang Dynasty ruled over the Yellow River Valley, they settled there because it had water and plentyfull recorces.
7.1.2. The Shang/Zhou built very large cities. They also had a well organized government and often engaged in warfare to ensure territorial boundaries.
7.1.3. They settled near a river that flooded sometimes they had to build irrigation systems to keep the water at a safe level.
7.2. Sumerians
7.2.1. The Sumerians lived and dwelled around the rivers. Like the Shang/Zhou there was water and much recorces
7.2.2. Urik was a large city-state was very dedicated to agriculture and eventually dominated southern mesopotamia
7.2.3. Within this city there was a large temple dedicated to Innana. This was the patron goddess of the city
7.2.4. Sumerians climate was very hot. It did not rain often. In order for them to survive they had to be.