Shang/Zhou

1. Geography & Agriculture

1.1. Isolated valleys

1.2. two major rivers supplied China's earliest civilization

1.3. The valley of Hueng He was particularly fertile, due to the type of soil that the river picked up

1.4. Long rivers, fertile soils

2. Religion

2.1. They believe in an afterlife in which a ruler would still need his riches and servants

2.2. Centered on ancestor worship

2.3. They use Oracle bones to seek advice from ancestors

2.4. They offer gifts to their dead ancestors to keep them happy in their afterlife

3. Government & Leaders

3.1. Ruled by a strong Monarchy

3.2. The king appointed governors to rule distant parts of the kingdom

3.3. Rich merchants won high office ranks

3.4. Surrounded by a court

4. Economy & Trade

4.1. The shang domesticated animals

4.2. Used bronze to make tools and items

4.3. Western

4.4. Mostly metalwork was traded

5. Arts & Education

5.1. They developed Chinese writing that used picture symbols to represent objects or ideas

5.2. Chinese schools of thought such as Daoism, Confucianism, and Legalism were born

5.3. Arts and philosophy flourished and many ideological traditions developed

5.4. Writing was on Oracle bones

6. science and technology

6.1. farmers learned new techniques that increased the size of their harvests

6.2. The zhou learned how to use, iron which became the back bone of their economy

6.3. Iron weapons also helped strengthen the Zhou

6.4. Writing system was based of oracle bones