Wednesday, July 22, 2009
From the images given, such as the ritual vessels and the inscibed ox scapula we know that there is an existant of priests. Conduct a reseacrh to learn more about the religion that the people of the Shang Civilisation practiced. Blog your answers support by pictorial or written sources as your evidence.
The fall of the Shang dynasty was much like that of the Xia dynasty, the last king was a cruel tyrant. Instead of the people overthrowing the king, he was killed by a king from a rival kingdom, the Chou kingdom. The Chou dynasty was part of the Shang kingdom; its civilization was a combination of the Shang culture and that of non-Chinese civilizations.
Source :
http://library.thinkquest.org/12255/library/dynasty/shang.html