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Major ideas of ancient chinese civilization and the mandate of heaven

Shang Bronze Vessels were used by the upperclass in ancient china. They contained inscriptions

Ancient china valued ancestors they valued the mandate of heaven. They believed that Ancestors could take away a kings power. They believed in divination and treatment of the dead as well.

rise of the oldest chinese writing. this originated in the shang dynasty. bone oracles were also found

Shang dynasty brought the beginning of writing, bone oracles, divination, treatment of the dead, jade articles and more

rise in metallurgical tech and social and economic differentiation in china

China's bronze age and the nuclear area thesis

quick notes on china's neolithic age

Neolithic period and a new stone age begins in China around 8-10,000 BCE

Document goes in depth on the chinese dynasties and lists them and their strengths in chronological order