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The Shang Civilization is located in the coordinates 31 degrees North and 97 degrees East. This civilization is off of the Yellow River, which will be this civilization's most powerful and useful tool in forming and supporting the Shang Civilization.

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The Environment of The Shang Civilization

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The Environment of The Shang Civilization

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Lanzhou is a city in present day China which is located along the Yellow River where the Shang civilization used to stand. It is a semi-arid continental monsoon climate. It is dryer in non monsoon seasons with plenty of sunshine. This is most likely how the climate was during the Shang Dynasty.

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The Environment of The Shang Civilization-Climate Conditions

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The Environment of The Shang Civilization-Climate Conditions

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In these conditions it may be harder for the civilization to build permanent homes that are monsoon proof and must be built at higher elevation.  The flooding during monsoon season helps the civilization in the sense that it provides lots of fertile farm land that can have rice grown on, providing a very stable food.

Monsoon-a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon ).

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This region has vast natural resources including coal, gold, silver, sinc, bronze, and nickel. These resources become more useful when technology advances and they start creating tools. Also they have amazing farm lands due to its location near the Yellow River. This created fertile farm lands, creating a stable food source, and this created free time for the civilization to expand and invent new tools, ideas, and new ways of life.

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Evidence of Settlement and Human Development in this Location

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Evidence of Settlement and Human Development in this Location

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The Shang used bronze to craft many different items, from hairpins and weapons to chariots and ceremonial vessels. Oracles, or priests, of the Shang dynasty used tortoise shells and cattle bones to record significant historical and astronomical events.

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3 Major Accomplishments The Shang Dynasty Accomplished 

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3 Major Accomplishments The Shang Dynasty Accomplished 

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Military technology - Shang warriors fought with horse-drawn chariots, bronze-tipped spears, and compound bows. This is important because it improved the way they would fight.

Writing - This is important because many of the symbols developed during the Shang Dynasty are still used in China today.

A calendar - The Shang calendar designated 12 months, each with 30 days, and recognized the cycles of both the sun and the moon. This is important because it helped them create and know the date.

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the Shang dynasty believed in the afterlife and ancestor worship, they thought very seriously about burial and what was to accompany the deceased to his or her grave. The vast and elaborate tombs of the Shang royal family are signs of their strong beliefs.  The practice of burying lower-ranking people reflected the Shang’s belief that those related to a king or lord by blood or service in life were expected to continue that relationship in death.

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How were people able to maintain a permanent settlement here?

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How were people able to maintain a permanent settlement here?

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The people of the Shang dynasty lived along the Yellow River, which was their primary source of freshwater, rich, fertile soil for farming, food, and transportation. That is why most of the jobs in the Shang dynasty where jobs related to farming. The Yellow River is still often referred to as the "Cradle of Chinese Civilization."

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The Shang Dynasty was a monarchy in which the king was both lawmaker and judge so no-one dared to argue with him. He ruled by force, and anyone who transgressed the king's laws would be killed immediately by his soldiers. The decision about who should be king was originally taken by force, whichever clan had the biggest army would rule the civilisation until a clan with a better army came along. In the Shang Dynasty's case, this lasted 550 years. The king would rule the 200 to 300 clans that resided in their territory.