Shang Dynasty
Published on Dec 12, 2015
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Religion
The people of the Shang dynasty were polytheistic. They believed that their ancestors lived in a spirit world and if they worshipped them they gave them sacrifices the spirit of their ancestors would guide them and keep away as many bad things as they could.
Government
The Shang dynasty was a monarchy in which the king was both lawmaker and judge so no one dared to argue with him. He ruled by force and any one transgressed the Kings laws would be killed immediately by his soldiers.
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Inventions
They made swords and knife like weapons and the type of metals they mainly used to make their weapons and tools was alloy,bronze,copper and they made cups and plates,silverware from these types of metals and they made ancient pottery.
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History
The Shang dynasty was started in about 1600 B.C. and was taken over by the Zhou dynasty in around 1050 B.C. The Shang dynasty is made up of about ten cities.
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