1. arts and education
1.1. Sumerians
1.1.1. Arches, columns and ramps were visible on ziggurats
1.1.2. Statues with large, open eyes. Small objects made out of ivory
1.1.3. Used writing called cuneiform, wrote with sharp tools called styluses
1.1.4. Some men and occasionally upper class women took many years of schooling to learn to become a scribe
1.2. Shang/Zhou
1.2.1. made masks with bronze
1.2.2. used bronze to create vessels
1.2.3. wrote on tortoise shells
2. science and technology
2.1. Sumerians
2.1.1. developed math systems based on the number 60
2.1.2. used geometry to build structures
2.1.3. created weapons using fire and stone
2.1.4. used fire to make light for their homes
2.2. Shang/Zhou
2.2.1. used bronze to make weapons
2.2.2. developed complex irrigation systems
2.2.3. records of solar and lunar eclipses
3. government and leaders
3.1. Sumerians
3.1.1. cities were lead by queens, kings, and priests
3.1.2. people with land were able to trade
3.1.3. farmers grew crops to provide to the people
3.1.4. homeless/poor people were the lowest in the cities
3.2. Shang/Zhou
3.2.1. they had a king and there were 3 dukes
3.2.2. bureaucracy to manage government
3.2.3. had military leaders help rule
3.2.4. Confucian Classic government
4. social structure and family life
4.1. Sumerians
4.1.1. cities made of mud rock
4.1.2. large temples in the center of each city
4.1.3. fields surrounded the city
4.2. Shang/Zhou
4.2.1. rulers were set away from most people so they would be respected
4.2.2. the capital changed six times
4.2.3. kings were political, religious and military leaders
5. Geography and Agriculture
5.1. Sumerians
5.1.1. located in mesopotamia (land between rivers
5.1.2. in between the Tigris and Euphrates
5.1.3. rivers flooded when the crops were going to be ahrvested
5.2. Shang/zhou
5.2.1. Yellow (Huang He) river in the north
5.2.2. Yangtze river in the south
5.2.3. land in the south could grow twice as much as in the north
6. economy and trade
6.1. Sumerians
6.1.1. traded with people from southwest asia and more
6.1.2. exchanged woven textiles for metal,timber,and stone
6.1.3. kings and queens and preists were richest, then wealthy land owners
6.1.4. men and women discovered direct roles
6.2. Shang/Zhou
6.2.1. grew corn, wheat, and rice
6.2.2. emerged in 17 b.c.
6.2.3. fishing became very popular
6.2.4. they domesticated the horse
7. religion
7.1. Sumerians
7.1.1. -Practiced Polytheism or the worship of many gods
7.1.2. -They believed that gods control all natural forces
7.1.3. -They believed that gods protected each city state
7.1.4. -They worked hard to please the gods by building temples and offering food
7.2. Shang/Zhou
7.2.1. praised many gods
7.2.2. Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism
7.2.3. all worshiped same gods
7.2.4. they were polytheistic