Xia Dynasty
The Xia Dynasty Started In 2200 BC. Yu The Great Is Said To Have Founded The Xia Dynasty. His Father, Gun, Was Assigned To Created A Devise To Control The Flooding. Sadly He Failed. Yu with To Help Of Houji, Yu successfully Made A Devise To Control The Flooding. He Went Down In History
After, Yu The Great Past The Next Emperor was Yu's son Qi. He Changed There System From The Abdication System To The Hereditary System. Emperors like Shoakang ,And Haui Made Great Contributions To The Chinese Society. But, There Were Also A Lot of Emperors During This time Such As Taikang, Kongjia , And Jie.
Speaking Of Jie The Xia Ended After Jie Toke The Thorn. He Was A Very Selfish Emperor.He Only Cared About The Wealth, Never The People. Jie Was The Reason That Xia Came Crumbling Down With Jie As There "Great Emperor."
geographical features
the Shang dynasty sits under the yellow river. in other areas of china the region's geography made farming difficult other geographical served to isolate it from the rest of the world. Other features separated one part of China from another. One physical feature that separates China from the other countries is the Gobi Desert. The Pacific Ocean forms much of China's eastern boundary. Finally, on the south, the Himalayas, the highest mountain range separates China from India.
The Shang Dynasty emperor
The Shang emperor A.K.A the king made the people move due to flooding Huang He, A.K.A the yellow river and also to avoid attacks by the enemies. The writing system which had 2,000 symbols was left behind because they left in such a rush. The Shang writing was found on many cattle bones and turtle shells left along the Huang-He river.
The Shang emperor A.K.A the king made the people move due to flooding Huang He, A.K.A the yellow river and also to avoid attacks by the enemies. The writing system which had 2,000 symbols was left behind because they left in such a rush. The Shang writing was found on many cattle bones and turtle shells left along the Huang-He river.
GEOGRAPHY OF SHANG
The Shang dynasty was located under the Yellow River Valley. The knowledge from Shang were all from traditional historiographers of the Yin. The last traditional residence is an archaeological site that has been taken hugely since the 1980's. The Shang Dynasty marked the middle of China’s Bronze Age and was a dynasty that made great contributions to Chinese civilization. Scholars did not agree on contributions to the civilization. But most accept the Shang that the Shang. And that was the geography of Shang.
The Shang dynasty was located under the Yellow River Valley. The knowledge from Shang were all from traditional historiographers of the Yin. The last traditional residence is an archaeological site that has been taken hugely since the 1980's. The Shang Dynasty marked the middle of China’s Bronze Age and was a dynasty that made great contributions to Chinese civilization. Scholars did not agree on contributions to the civilization. But most accept the Shang that the Shang. And that was the geography of Shang.
Inventions of the Xia and Shang
The Xia dynasty did not invent many things, however, they did like to drink warm wine, hence the wine container. It was a bronze vessel, made by the clay mold casting system, used to keep the wine warm. They also made bronze pots; molten bronze was poured into carved ceramic molds. When the metal cooled, the bronze smith broke the mold, removed the core and polished the metal surface. They also mad a calendar, bronze statues and tools, weapons, clothing, ornaments and household goods made from bronze, silk, jade, clay and other materials.
The Shang dynasty was more advanced than the Xia, they created beautiful works of art, and they also made musical instruments such as drums and cymbals. They were the first to have left behind written records and solid archeological evidence of its existence. They left behind their records on oracle bones, they are old bones or turtle shells used to communicate and write. Also, they were advanced in astrology, which lead to an advancement in math.
Oracle Bone – Turtle shell [above]
The Xia dynasty did not invent many things, however, they did like to drink warm wine, hence the wine container. It was a bronze vessel, made by the clay mold casting system, used to keep the wine warm. They also made bronze pots; molten bronze was poured into carved ceramic molds. When the metal cooled, the bronze smith broke the mold, removed the core and polished the metal surface. They also mad a calendar, bronze statues and tools, weapons, clothing, ornaments and household goods made from bronze, silk, jade, clay and other materials.
The Shang dynasty was more advanced than the Xia, they created beautiful works of art, and they also made musical instruments such as drums and cymbals. They were the first to have left behind written records and solid archeological evidence of its existence. They left behind their records on oracle bones, they are old bones or turtle shells used to communicate and write. Also, they were advanced in astrology, which lead to an advancement in math.
Oracle Bone – Turtle shell [above]