Reflections on Shang Civilisation

Two group of villages, Yangshao and Longshan existed and these caused the rise of the Shang Civilisation. It was once considered a myth but archaeologists discovered that the civilisation was spread over the whole of the Yellow River.

Features
The 3 main features are government occupation and writing. Ancient records states that the Shang Civilisation was ruled by kings from the same family line thus forming a dynasty.
The Shang people occupation were mostly farmers, traders, priests and craftmens.
The form of writing then was a script. It was called pictographic writing and they later developed into the Chinese characters used today.
Oracle bones
It was used by priest to tell the future. Usually bones come from sheep of cows.
Fall of the dynasty
Shang king was killed. The dynasty that came next was the Western Zhou Dynasty