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The Shang Dynasty
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History
7th Grade
05/12/2012

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Where did early chinese people live?
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in walled cities surronded by farming fields and villages
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HOw were the shang ruled?
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by monarchs
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What was the political condition of Shang china?
Definition
warfare was almost constant, small area of direct control
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Where was the Shang capital?
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no fixed capital; moved for necessities of war
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When does the earliest bronze date to?
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2000 BCE
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What did the Shang use bronze for?
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religion, farm tools, chariot fittings and weapons
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When did the Shang end?
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roughly 1050
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Why did the zhou conquer the Shang?
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for moral reasons: shang king was evil
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