Shang Dynasty (17th Century BC-11th Century BC)
Shang Kingdom was ran by aristocrats. Shang was a name of a tribe who lived at the lower reach of Yellow River in ancient time. According to its oracle bone divination records. Its rulers inhabited palaces with walls. The Shang cities were walled with rammed earth.
The rulers of Shang worshiped ancestor and always offered sacrifices. They used oxen scapulas and shells of turtles in their divination on the outcomes of military campaigns, hunts, illnesses, and other natural events.
Shang Dynasty also invented the first written language that is characters on oracle bone. The Shang People also invented bronze wares, which were mainly cooking vessels.
Zhou continued many of the Shang's practices. Most Zhou texts were inscribed on bronzes, later on silk and trips of bamboo and wood.

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