1. Social Structure and Life
1.1. Sumeria
1.1.1. Large cities began to show up around 3000 bc
1.2. Shang/Zhou
1.2.1. Sign of there exsistance began to show around 9,000 years ago, thats when they started to grow crops
2. Economy and Trade
2.1. Sumeria
2.1.1. They traded things for the building suppiles they needed
2.2. Shang/Zhou
2.2.1. They believed that many of the gods they worshiped would provide them with a ruler
3. Religion
3.1. Sumeria
3.1.1. Polytheism, the worship of many gods
3.2. Shang/Zhou
3.2.1. They worshiped there ancestors
4. Geography and Agriculture
4.1. Sumeria
4.1.1. Large band of fertile land forms an oasis in the middle of deserts and mountains
4.2. Shang/Zhou
4.2.1. They thrived because of there supply of rivers and fertile soil land to grow
5. Arts and Education
5.1. Sumeria
5.1.1. Sumerian writing was called cuneiform
5.2. Shang/Zhou
5.2.1. The beginning of early Chinese civilization was the rise of the Shang dynasty
6. Science and Technology
6.1. Sumeria
6.1.1. Sumerians devolved a math system based on the number 60
6.2. Shang/Zhou
6.2.1. The first Chinese bronzes were made by a method called piece-mold casting
7. Government and Leaders
7.1. Sumeria
7.1.1. They believed in many gods
7.2. Shang/Zhou
7.2.1. They had a court, ruled by the mandate of heaven