Shang
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- Most of the writing from the Shang dynasty was inscriptions carved into animal bones, turtle shells, and bronze vessels.
- Some of the oldest instruments that come from the Shang dynasty are the ocarina, stone chimes, bronze bells and our artifact, drums.
- The Shang people believed in human sacrifices.
- A week for the Shang people lasted 10 days.
- The ninth emperor of the Shang Dynasty Tai Wu ruled for just 75 days.
- Cowrie shells that were snails which inhabit the Pacific and Indian Ocean served as money in the Shang Dynasty before bronze coins were produced.
Zhou
-The Zhou Dynasty was the first dynasty to start collecting books.
-This dynasty ruled for 800 years
-One of the emperors in the Zhou Dynasty replaced his wife for a younger woman so his ex wife's father attacked the capital.
-Gold and silver became popular during this dynasty.
-It is said that Zhou emperors claimed to have seen the universe filled with ghosts and souls.
-This was the dynasty that lasted the longest from any other dynasty in China.
-Geometry was first used in the Zhou Dynasty.
-This dynasty ruled for 800 years
-One of the emperors in the Zhou Dynasty replaced his wife for a younger woman so his ex wife's father attacked the capital.
-Gold and silver became popular during this dynasty.
-It is said that Zhou emperors claimed to have seen the universe filled with ghosts and souls.
-This was the dynasty that lasted the longest from any other dynasty in China.
-Geometry was first used in the Zhou Dynasty.