1. Social Structure and Family Life
1.1. Sumerians
1.1.1. marriage had to do with social class and if the wife could have kids
1.1.2. Women had the same equalities as men
1.1.3. Fathers had complete control of the children to the point of sell them into slavery
1.1.4. Every person had the same rights as everyone else
1.2. Shang/Zhou
1.2.1. Family relations arranged by marriage
1.2.1.1. ex
1.2.1.1.1. ex
1.2.1.2. ex
1.2.2. Zhou were descendants from Longshan Neolithic culture
1.2.3. Social pyramid. King - military - priests - merchants - farmers.
1.2.4. Thought than ancestors were still with them, and they did everything to please them
1.2.5. Lowest class on social pyramids were sometimes thrown down wells.
2. Science and Technology
2.1. Sumerians
2.1.1. Advanced in the poetry wheel, metal working, and glass working
2.1.2. Developed the foundation of mathmatics
2.1.3. worked out all 12 months based on the moon
2.1.4. Doctors used bandages and pills for there tretments
2.2. Shang/Zhou
2.2.1. As bronze was found many new items were made with it (cups to war weapons)
2.2.2. Oracles found on turtle shells are the earliest evidence of development in the Dynasty
2.2.3. Tortoise shells with writing
2.2.4. They would cast inscriptions on bronze vessels
2.2.5. Confucius emphasized the need for men to be well educated and self taught
3. Arts and Education
3.1. Sumerians
3.1.1. Their art reflected religious practices
3.1.2. They developed a writing system that influenced others for the next 3000 years
3.1.3. Many of the books that they used were books of spelling, politics, poetry, ect...
3.1.4. Art was made from mostly clay and stone
3.1.5. They painted gods, goddesses, spirits and everyday life
3.1.6. Education was only available to the elite
3.2. Shang/Zhou
3.2.1. Some important chinese schools of thought were born
3.2.2. Bronze working became common
3.2.3. In some bronze first chinese characters were found (mostly the persons name)
3.2.4. Paraphernalia for early rituals were made of bronze
4. Geography and Agriculture
4.1. Sumerians
4.1.1. Lived between two rivers at the bottom of a mountain
4.1.2. Vast and dry plains
4.1.3. The surplus of food grown was able to feed a class of people who did not farm
4.1.4. Marshlands were best for farming
4.2. Shang/Zhou
4.2.1. Shang-style agriculture
4.2.2. To save from flooding, Shang people made complex irragation system
4.2.3. Millet, wheat, rice and barley were farmed
4.2.4. Believed the success of crops was because of please ancestors
5. Government and leaders
5.1. Shang/Zhou
5.1.1. Shang Dynasty conquered by Zhou people
5.1.2. As time went on, local rulers became less idientified with Zhou king
5.1.3. King Wen of Zhou- "living standard of benevolence and wisdom."
5.1.4. Kind Cheng became Zhou ruler when he was still a child
5.1.5. Dynasties of Chine
5.2. Sumerians
5.2.1. They found that the population was very orginised
5.2.2. They formed citys/states that were fiercely independent from the others
5.2.3. The temple acted as a major center of distributing every thing equaly
5.2.4. God's were the overall leader but the tempal prised overseers
6. Economy and Trade
6.1. Sumerians
6.1.1. Traded for things they cod not make or get
6.1.2. Temples and palaces were the economic influenses
6.1.3. Traded for building materials, stone, metal, ect...
6.1.4. The king has mostly equal people on each catogory of work
6.2. Shang/Zhou
6.2.1. archeologists found shops outside of some places of living
6.2.2. Thought to trade their crops and even their domesticated animals, including silk worms
6.2.3. Goods circulated by tribute and gift rather than trade
6.2.4. Before Zhou took over shang, Zhou and Shang actually "gifted" with each other
6.2.5. Early china (politics etc.)
7. Religon
7.1. Shang/Zhou
7.1.1. Ancestor worship very important
7.1.2. Chinese priests used bones to answer questions about the future
7.1.3. Human sacrifices were used to make Shang TI happy.
7.1.4. Worshipped many Gods
7.1.5. Priests of shang/zhou
7.2. Sumerians
7.2.1. Beveled that everyone was owned by god
7.2.2. Every city and village ahd their own gods
7.2.3. They believed that men were created to serve the gods and give them what they needed to survive
7.2.4. They Believed in the sky god, Enlin, above all others