River Civlization
by Stevie ryan
1. Religion
2. The Sumerian religion was polytheistic. The gods controlled the natural forces. Each god controlled a different force of nature. Each god was said to protect a certain city-state.
3. Shang/Zhou:
4. Sumerian:
5. Sumerian:
6. Government & Leaders
7. Seven aspects of Civilization
8. Sumer was present in south-west Asia. The region is known as the "Fertile Crescent". It was in the middle of the Tigris and Euphrates River. This allowed for a very well implemented irrigation system.
9. Sumerian
10. Geography & Agriculture
11. It was mostly men who held political power. Women mostly took care of children. A few upper class women got education, but most women did not.
12. Sumerian:
13. Social Structure and Family
14. Most leaders in society were also usually also religious leaders. These leaders governed city-states. As the city-states started to wage war, war chiefs started to become political leaders. The leaders started to form dynasties.
15. New Technology
16. Shang had a king and they used a court system.
17. Zhou's court system was made up of the royal family and adherents
18. Zhou gave the court political and military power over city-states.
19. Sumerian:
20. sumerian wheel
21. religious artifact
22. Shang/Zhou:
23. Shang Worshiped a single god known as Shang Ti.
24. Shang belived Shang Ti connected the heavens and the earth. They also belived he instructed the souls of their ancestors.
25. Zhou belived in a god similar to Shang Ti called Shangdi.
26. Zhou worshiped Tian or heaven believing it was a more powerful force than Shangdi.
27. Shang was classified by peoples roles in the community. The king had the most power followed by the military, priests, merchants, and farmers.
28. Citizens would receive elaborate tombs if they were high on the social pyramid.
29. Shang/Zhou
30. The structure of Zhou's social pyramid gave military a lot of power but the most powerful people were those who had connections to the king through blood or strategic views.
31. Zhou was often considered semi-barbaric and believed the strong should rule.
32. The Shang government wanted to bring peace and would imprison Zhou kings to prevent unnecessary wars.
33. Maps
34. Sumerian map
35. Shang/Zhou
36. They were espicaily skilled in metal work
37. Their economy was based on farming
38. Shang/Zhou:
39. Economy and Trade
40. Sumerian:
41. Because they were good at metalwork they traded a lot of metals for food and tools
42. Science and Technology
43. Sumerian:
44. They invented the earliest form of writing
45. They developed a math system based on the number 60
46. They also developed the wheel
47. Arts and Education
48. Sumerian:
49. The sumerians beleived that you should reinforce a lesson with a beating
50. They made the earliest form of surviving art
51. Their art embodied the subject rather than the artist so they didn't sigh their art
52. Shang/Zhou
53. Both farmed millet, wheat, rice, and barley
54. Zhou inhabited the lower Wei River valley
55. religious artifact
56. Zhou was separated into two parts, the Western Zhou Plains (1050-771 B.C.E.) and the Eastern Zhou Plains (770-221 B.C.E.)
57. Shang/Zhou
58. Shang/Zhou:
59. The most important grain crop of this period was millet.
60. they were able to spiclize and so they were able to make tools and goods to trade
61. pottery and ceramics were also an important part of Shang handicraft industry.
62. Shang/Zhou
63. they invented the chinese calender
64. this was the first time that bronze casting was industrialized and bronze tools and ritual bronze vessels were produced in royal workshops.
65. they used Chinese script and wrote on pottery and oracle bone
66. pottery and ceramics were also done as a form of art
67. Shang jades show a great variety of shapes and patterns, nephrite pieces in the shape of animals or persons are very common.
68. jades are a hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements
69. Shang technology
70. Zhou religious artifact
71. Shang is known today for their use of bronze and value of jade.
72. Shang/Zhou art example
73. Maps of the Shang and Zhou regions
