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The Shang Dynasty

harnackjj — 2025-09-10 19:55:10 UTC

Government: The Shang Dynasty was a monarchy government.

https://spice.fsi.stanford.edu/docs/the_shang_dynasty_1600_to_1050_bce#:~:text=The%20Shang%20Dynasty%20was%20a,course%20of%20almost%20600%20years.&text=The%20king%20was%20served%20by,related%20to%20the%20king%20himself.

Social classes:

King and Royal Family
Nobles
Officials
Craftsmen
Traders
Peasants
Slaves
Same website

Religion: Nature spirits, along with ancestors, and they believed in fortune and after life.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/shang-dynasty-religion-art-culture.html#:~:text=Current%20knowledge%20of%20the%20Shang,or%20ox%20bone%20and%20carve

The fall: The Shang Dynasty fell around 1046 BCE because of the "Battle of Muye." They were trying to get freed by their own ruler who was evil.

The Zhou Dynasty

davidbenjamin4 — 2025-09-10 20:01:43 UTC

The Zhou Dynasty rose in 1046 BCE. They rose from beating the Shang Dynasty is the Battle of Muye. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Zhou-dynasty

The Mandate of Heaven was a thought that there could only be one ruler in China and the ruler was picked by the Gods.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldcivilization/chapter/the-mandate-of-heaven/

The Dynastic cylce was a historical pattern was where a family was given power through the Mandate of Heaven, which lead to natural disasters, famine, and popular uprising.

https://www.studentsofhistory.com/the-dynastic-cycle

The inventions were iron tools and ox drawn plows.

http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Zhou/zhou-tech.html

The fall the Zhou Dynasty was their goverment system was breaking down and they could not repair it anymore. It fell in 771 BCE.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-fmcc-boundless-worldhistory/chapter/the-zhou-dynasty/

The Qin Dynasty

davidbenjamin4 — 2025-09-11 19:36:47 UTC

The Qin Dynasty gained their power from the military in China in 221 BCE.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Qin-dynasty

The Qin Dynasty leader was Qin Shi Huang also known as Ying Zheng.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Qin-dynasty

Architecture work

The Qin Dynasty created excisting walls, roads, and canals such as the Lingqu Canal, and the straight road.

The Qin Dynasty also created the Terracota Army with thousands of life sized warrior sculptures, horses, and chariots created to guard the tomb of the first empire.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Qin-dynasty

The Qin dynasty fell in 210 BCE due to their tyranical rule which caused wide spread disconnection between everyone after the death of Qin Shi Huang.

https://www.history.com/articles/qin-dynasty