ANCIENT CHINA by Melody Zapata Caballero https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z Virtual Bulletin Board en-us 2020-09-24 14:57:51 UTC 2025-12-01 19:33:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/326629165/445addb58539567a60b2922891031126/Screenshot_2020_09_24_at_9_51_36_AM___Edited.png POLITICAL CHARACTERISTICS zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/776206383 type of govt.
Dynasty.
Ruled by the Shang dynasty
from 1600 B.C.-1046 C.E.
The Emperor controlled all social, political, and economic aspects.]]> 2020-09-24 15:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/776206383 Under the Shang zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778306367 Ancient China built defensive walls to help protect them from invasions. ]]> 2020-09-25 04:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778306367 GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778318136 Located near the Huang He, or Yellow River.
Yellow sea, East China sea, Pacific Ocean  and other geographic features isolated Ancient China.

]]> 2020-09-25 04:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778318136 SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778325172 4 social classes
king and aristocracy, the military, artisans and craftsmen, and peasants.]]> 2020-09-25 04:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778325172 CONTRIBUTIONS zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778345161 Bronze weapons and ceremonial vessels.]]> 2020-09-25 04:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778345161 CONTRIBUTIONS zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778352036 Developed a system of writing using pictographs known as characters.]]> 2020-09-25 04:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778352036 CONTRIBUTIONS zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778354088 Domesticated the Horse and developed the Chariot for Battles. ]]> 2020-09-25 04:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778354088 RELIGION zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778357581 Shang religion was a combination of animism, shamanism, and respect and worship of dead ancestors, including through sacrifice. The Shang believed that the ancestors could also confer good fortune, so they would also consult ancestors through oracle bones in order to seek advice about important decisions.]]> 2020-09-25 04:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778357581 ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778362003 The economy was based on agriculture, trade, and the work of its craftspeople. 

]]> 2020-09-25 04:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778362003 ECONOMICS zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778366312 Trade routes like the Silk Road connected them to new markets and faraway lands.]]> 2020-09-25 04:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778366312 ECONOMICS zapat361265 https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778367884 They also sometimes used shells as a system of currency]]> 2020-09-25 04:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zapat361265/pdr6rp7vl8zwk12z/wish/778367884