https://padlet.com/connorj22/main Ancient China History en-us 2017-03-27 16:12:33 UTC 2025-11-21 14:56:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png connorj22 https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/162878142 The Shang dynasty was settle at the East coast of China. They settled in 1523 BCE, but got conquered in 1046 BCE. This dynasty has many artifacts, such as statues of Fu Hao.]]> 2017-03-27 16:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/162878142 connorj22 https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/162879834 Priests used tortoise and cattle bones to predict the future. They look at the oracle bone cracks that were formed by hole punches. Over 150,000 oracle bones were found so far.]]> 2017-03-27 16:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/162879834 connorj22 https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/162884158 The folk religion of Shang was polytheistic, meaning that they believed in more than one god. Ancestor worship was also very important to the Shang. They thought that the success of growing crops, and healthy well being, was because of the ancestors being happy, or pleased. If the ancestors are not pleased, many tragedies might happen ]]> 2017-03-27 16:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/162884158 connorj22 https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/163185960 Citizens of the Shang Dynasty were classified into four social classes: the king and aristocracy, the military, artisans and craftsmen, and peasants. Members of the aristocracy were the most respected social class, and were responsible for governing smaller areas of the dynasty. The middle class of Shang usually held artisans and craftsmen, who mainly worked with bronze. Farmers were mostly in the lowest class. Many people call the lowest class people peasants, and some scholars believe they functioned as slaves.]]> 2017-03-28 16:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/163185960 connorj22 https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/163470898 Fu Hao was China's first female general and was known to be alive around 1040 BCE. King Wu Ding, a leader of one of the monarchs in the Shang Dynasty, was seeking the allegiance of neighboring tribes, which led to the result of him having 60 wives, and Fu Hao was one of them. Because all the records of Fu Hao were made by oracle bones, and most of them were lost, we only know that Fu Hao was leading an army of 13,000 soldiers.]]> 2017-03-29 16:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/163470898 connorj22 https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/163756614 Although the Shang Dynasty had the military, they were overthrown in 1046 BCE. The Shang Dynasty was overthrown at the Battle of Muye and the Zhou Dynasty was established. The Zhou created the Mandate of Heaven: the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.]]> 2017-03-30 16:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/connorj22/main/wish/163756614