HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Shang Dynasty, Eurasian Steppe, Oracle Bone
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New centers of new powers ii: the shang dynasty. Thursday, september 8, 2022 2:55 pm: features of the shang dynasty: Ancestral worship: ruler talks to ancestors, who talk to all the other ancestors to get answers / guidance from god. Oracle bones: cracks / forms in pots are answers to the questions that the king asks: turtle shells, pots, animal bones, literally called crack making , oldest form of chinese writing, a record of what kings are asking. Metallurgy: metal working: mostly bronze work, weapons, chariot parts, cultural vessels, controlled access to tin and copper mines, controlled the bronze making process, monopolized bronze and the access to it, comparing shang china and the chariot kingdoms: Chariots in china: used for leisure, used for hunting, if you were buried with a chariot in china it basically meant you were important.