1. Sumerians Agriculture: The Sumerians grew Emmer wheat, barley and raised sheep and cattle. The Sumerians had developed core agricultural techniques including cultivation of land, mono-cropping, organized irrigation, and a specialized labour force.
2. Shang/Zhu Agriculture: The Shang (and Zhu) people were very advanced, they were very good with jade, ceramics, stone, wood, and bronze. Among the crops grown were rice, wheat, millet and corn. People began to raise domestic animals such as cows, sheep, horses, chickens, dogs and pigs.
3. Shang/Zhu Geography: It was right under the Yellow River Valley in the northeast region of China. Here they had water and good fertile soil which helped them thrive as a civilization.
4. Sumerians Geography: Sumeria is in Mesopotamia, in the fertile Crescent. The rivers by it are Tigris and Euphrates. Mesopotamia is divided into two parts the upper mesopotamia and sumer. Mesopotamia was perfect for farming but It barely rained and the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded usually at inopportune times like when the food is about to be harvested.
5. vessel from shang dynasty
6. Economy and Trade
6.1. Sumerians
6.1.1. Sumerian jobs included pottery crafters, stone cutters, metal smiths, farmers, shepherds ,leather workers and fishers.
6.1.2. The economy of Sumer relied on trade especially because people goth there raw living materials from trading.The items they received included; stone, metal and timber that
6.2. Shang dynasty: Huang He
6.2.1. People casted bronze and created weapons, tools, and musical instruments.Shang's main crop was millet and was farmed by farmers or slaves.
6.2.1.1. Potters also created items for daily life as well as for ritual purposes.
7. Geography and Agriculture
8. Religion
8.1. Shang/Zhou
8.1.1. - Believed in the importance of rituals
8.1.2. - Buried people with items for them to use in the afterlife
8.1.3. - The Shang and Zhou were polytheists
8.1.4. -The Shang and Zhou would worship their ancestors
8.2. Sumerians
8.2.1. -Sumerians were polytheists with over 2,000 gods and godesses
8.2.2. - Every house, city and village had its own god
8.2.3. - Their purpose on earth was to serve the gods
8.2.4. - Kings we're believed to be representatives of the gods
9. Social Structure and Family Life
9.1. Shang/Zhou
9.1.1. - Kings like King Wen we're thought of as a living standard of wisdom and towered above everyone in their social pyramid
9.1.2. - People believed that children must respect their parents
9.1.3. - Their social pyramid had kings at the top, the military and priests in the middle, and merchants and farmers at the bottom
9.1.4. - Confucius (6th century B.C.E philosopher) has had influences on the Shang's, Zhou's, and modern day China's lives
9.2. Sumerians
9.2.1. - Women we're thought of as "the daughter of her father" or "the wife of her husband"
9.2.2. - Sumerians owned slaves
9.2.3. - Most Sumerians lived in mud-brick buildings with their families
9.2.4. - Sumerians had an upper class consisting of nobles, priest, warriors, and government officials