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| 2835376315 | Shang | -Large regional state, hereditary, extended control over progressively larger regions. -Bronze Metallurgy via horses and chariots. -Control over bronze production led to their strong military force accompanied by agricultural surplus. -Revolved around several large cities. -6 capitals: Ao, Yin, and Sanxingdui. -Capitals had remarkably tall walls. -11 lavish tombs for each of the kings: held treasures for the kings as well as other skeletons of servants to help the king in his afterlife. | 0 | |
| 2835386192 | Zhou | -Held a theory of politics that rested on the assumption that earthly events were closely related to heavenly affairs, -'Mandate of heaven'. -Rulers relied on a decentralized administration/entrusted power to subordinates. -Capitals: Hao and Luoyang. -Decline due to subordinates reach for their own independence and their own power as well as nomadic attacks. -Period of Warring States took place during the last few centuries. -Fell to the Qin Dynasty. | 1 | |
| 2835391815 | Mandate of Heaven | -During the Zhou dynasty. -Refers to the heavenly powers granting the right to govern to a deserving individual known as the son of heaven. -The duty of the son of heaven was to govern conscientiously, observe high standards of honor and justice, and maintain order and harmony within his realm. | 2 | |
| 2835396693 | Veneration of Ancestors | -Chinese believed that spirits of their ancestors passed into another realm of existence from which they had the power to support and protect their surviving families if the descendants displayed proper respect and ministered to the spirits' needs. -Led to an equally strong ethic of family solidarity. | 3 | |
| 2835401643 | Oracle Bones | -Principal instruments used by fortune-tellers in ancient China. -Specially prepared bones(shoulder bones of sheep, turtle shells) were inscribed with questions before subjected to heat(allowing networks of splits and cracks to appear) before the fortune-teller determined the answer through those networks and sometimes wrote the answer on the bone. -AKA 'Dragon Bones'. -Many were ground into medicines. -Shang Dynasty. | 4 | |
| 2835409080 | Book of Songs | -Zhou Dynasty. -AKA Book of Poetry or Book of Odes. -A collection of verses on themes both light and serious. -311 poems. -Reflect conditions of the Zhou dynasty. -Charming verses about life, love, family, etc. | 5 |
