AP WORLD
SHANG DYNASTY
1. Technological Development: paper was invented.
2. Oracle bones are found to have been a huge part of this dynasty.
3. Writing system originally pictographic
4. Believed and worshiped a higher god who was superior to lesser gods such as the sun, moon and rain.
5. The Shang dynasty pad an aristocracy with a king ruling over military dignity.
6. First ruler, Tang, learned a lot about the downfall of prior dynasty and was the most influential of all the king's to come.
7. Ancestor worship also became a big deal. People offered up their ancestor's souls to God.