1. Arts and Education
1.1. Sumarians
1.1.1. Wrote their language from top to bottom. Also, they had different symbols to represent different things.
1.1.2. marble, diorite, hammered gold lapiz lazulia were used to make fine sculptures
1.2. Shang Zhou
1.2.1. .Art known as jade carvings. Turtle shells were used to write on.
1.2.2. Bronze, and axes were used in battle and for artwork.
1.2.3. Craftsman had full command of the artistic and technical language
2. Social structure and Family
2.1. Sumarians
2.1.1. Their favorite board game achiveved popularity.
2.2. Shang Zhou
2.2.1. The Zhou social structure starts with emperors above all, scholars, farmers, merchants, women, and slaves.
2.2.2. Many wars were fought.
2.2.3. The Shang social structure starts with kings, military, priests, merchants, the farmers.
3. Geography & Agriculture
3.1. Sumarians
3.1.1. They used irrigation systems for farming and bringing water into their city.
3.1.2. Located in the Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates River
3.2. Shang Zhou
3.2.1. Farmed Millet, wheat, rice and barley.
3.2.2. Excavated palaces
3.3. Also created irrigation and flood control
3.4. People of the shang dynasty lived off the land
4. Science & Technoogy
4.1. Shang Zhou
4.1.1. They domesticated pigs, dogs, sheep, ox, and even silkworms.
4.1.2. Shang had complex forms of irrigation and flood control
4.1.3. The development of lost wax technology
4.2. Sumarians
4.2.1. Sail boats were used for trade and irrigation was built in the city.
4.2.2. The invention of writing by the Sumarians
5. Government & Leaders
5.1. Sumarians
5.1.1. Etena of Kish was the first ruler.
5.1.2. Priest also controlled cities/states
5.2. Shang Zhou
5.2.1. Shang dynasty was concered by zhou
5.2.2. The ruling of house of Zhou exercised imperial power over central china.
5.2.3. Zhou leaders gained their authority to rule from the gods.
5.2.4. Zhou dynasty was founded by king Wen
6. Economy & Trade
6.1. Sumarians
6.1.1. They had jobs such as pottery makers
6.1.2. They traded with other cities for different types of goods.
6.2. Shang Zhou
6.2.1. The Iron Age, iron became very popular, including bronze, jade, coppers, and tins.
6.2.2. The economy was based off agriculture
7. Religion
7.1. Sumarians
7.1.1. Worshiped many Gods.
7.1.2. Judeo-Christian-Islamic
7.2. Shang Zhou
7.2.1. .Jades were used for sacrificial offerings to the gods.
7.2.2. Folk religon meaning worshiping many Gods.