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Ch. 7: Early China
Lesson 3: The First Chinese Dynasty – The
Shang Dynasty
pp. 172-175
Objective: 6.31 Locate and describe the
origins of Chinese civilization in the
Huang He Valley during the era of the
Shang and Zhou Dynasties
Vocabulary
Look at map of China .
Find the Vocabulary words for today.
Think: What connection could you make
between these terms?
Vocab: valley, achaeologists, artifacts, loess, civilization
The First Chinese Dynasty: The
Shang Dynasty
• According to Chinese myth, Yu the Great
built channels to control floods
• Chased away the dragon caused floods
• Dragons helped dig channels
• Took 13 years to complete the work
Yu the Great
• Legend says Yu the Great founded
China’s first dynasty named the Xia
(Shyah)
• Archaeologist have not found any
historical evidence of the Xia
Shang Dynasty
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Built the first cities in China
Ruled most of the Huang He Valley
Appointed warlords - military leaders
Most people were farmers
Shang Religion
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Polytheistic
Shang Ti – supreme (chief) god
Gods lived in mountains, rivers, and seas
Honored ancestors or long-dead family
Seeking Guidance from Ancestors
• Kings believed they received their power
to rule from gods and their wisdom from
ancestors
• Asked for help from oracle bones
Writing
• Pictographs - characters that represent
objects
• Ideographs - link two or more pictographs
to express an idea
Shang Arts
• Created objects made of bronze
Silk
• Silk - farmers raised silk worms to produce
silk
• Weavers made the silk into clothing
Kaolin
• Kaolin - fine, white clay
– -made vases and dishes
Jade
• Jade - a green stone
Religions of Multiple Civilizations
Civilization
Religion(s) +Description
Contrast it to another
civilization
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
“Teach Me” Describe in your words, how they are different from each other.
1. Work on Research Questions
2. History Mystery