The first ruler of the Shang was Tang Shang, a military leader. There were thirty Shang Emperors from the same family or line. Emperor Zhou, the last Shang Emperor who was very cruel was overthrown by Wu who became the founder of the Zhou dynasty.
The Shang Dynasty was around the Yellow River in northeast China but moved its capital number times.
Shang society was divided into different classes. At the top were the ruling class under the royal family, and then priests, administrative class, warriors, craftsmen, traders, farmers and slaves but most people were farmers. Ancestor worship and the family were central to their religious practice.
The Shang’s were the first Chinese to develop writing. They used pictographs, characters that could mean more than one meaning. They also brought up working with bronze.
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The Shang Dynasty was around the Yellow River in northeast China but moved its capital number times.
Shang society was divided into different classes. At the top were the ruling class under the royal family, and then priests, administrative class, warriors, craftsmen, traders, farmers and slaves but most people were farmers. Ancestor worship and the family were central to their religious practice.
The Shang’s were the first Chinese to develop writing. They used pictographs, characters that could mean more than one meaning. They also brought up working with bronze.
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