HIS385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Shang Dynasty, Cantonese People, Petroglyph
Document Summary
Neolithic period (5,000 bce to 1,500 bce) -7000 yrs ago. Pottery making technology regional people found pottery also in southern china and vietnam. same pattern. People lived in this area must have interaction or connection with each other. Bronze age (1,500 bce to 220 bce) Bronze technology tools, weapons weapons: on anthropology level, we can assume that weapons were created for defending purpose. also creates a new social structure, government, leader, high right. Fishing as food source: hong kong is closed to water. Rock carving: with certain pattern on it. (shang dynasty n zhou dynasty) Rock carving from the north means people lived in north have conquered south before or they"ve shared the culture. Qing dynasty was a militarily dynasty, they used punishment and wars to force people working. Document record: southern sea included guangdong province, hong kong area and part of.
