Shang/Zhou

1. Created one of the worlds first system of money.

2. Science and Technology

2.1. Calendar based on cycles of the moon

2.2. Evidence to show that they may have created one of the first systems of money.

2.3. Zhou learned how to use iron, which became the backbone of their economy

2.4. Zhou started use of coins

3. Economy and Trade

3.1. Hunting was for sport.

3.2. Zhou farmers learned techniques to help grow and harvest their crops

3.3. Zhou started currency

4. Arts and Education

4.1. Worked with bronze

4.2. They used pictures or symbols to represent objects or ideas.

4.3. Zhou began use of Chopsticks

4.3.1. Religion

4.3.1.1. Ancestor Worship

4.3.1.2. They offered their deceased ancestors gifts to keep them happy and fulfilled in the after life.

4.3.1.3. Zhou believed in Confusianism and Daoism

4.3.1.4. Daoism played a major role in later dynasties

4.4. zhou introduced coins to china

5. Zhou introduced the idea that they ruled by the Mandate of Heaven

6. The Chang Jiang and Huang He Rivers supplied water for China's earliest civilizations

7. While the zhou population grew, so did the cities

8. Ruled by a strong monarchy

8.1. Kings and governors

9. Geography and Agriculture

9.1. In river valleys

9.2. Zhou built roads and canals

10. Government and Leaders

10.1. The Zhou said they wouldn't allow anyone to corrupt to hold power

11. Social Structure and Family

11.1. Agricultural society

11.2. Families ate the food, but the steam was believed to nourish the ancestors' spirits.

11.3. Zhou clan leaders went up against the king

11.4. Zhou nobles fought for eachothers land and power