death and funerary customs of Ancient China and Ancient Egypt. Although the funeral beliefs of Ancient Chinese and Ancient Egyptian greatly resemble each other‚ the actual practices diverge significantly. These are mummification of the body‚ process of burial and the materials they used. Both civilizations believed in the afterlife and buried goods with the dead for the afterlife and protection. They also mummified the body to preserve them from rotting. Egypt believed when people passes‚ if they
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different civilizations appeared. Geography heavily impacted these civilizations‚ and among these civilizations were Ancient Egypt and Early China. Both of these great civilizations started from a river valley and slowly developed in to great nations‚ but these two civilizations based their agriculture beginnings off different crops; China had wheat and millet while Egypt had barley and cereals‚ yet both of these civilizations were able to last and survive to this day. Early growth of the two
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the Egyptians started using writing first. The Egyptians had great building skills with the pyramids and with the Sphinx; hence how well structured they are still today. Ancient Egypt was way before the time of the canals system and how they constructed giant statues of their gods. Meanwhile a couple thousand years later China was trying to get ahead of the game‚ with numbers and symbols representing what we consider as their kind of hieroglyphics‚ I mean to me they are hieroglyphics. Their kinds of
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civilizations‚ religion has acted as a foundational element from which to base their cultures around. The Shang Dynasty is no exception. The connection between culture and religion during the Shang dynasty was shown through how they valued their family and ancestors‚ through the rituals they performed‚ and lastly‚ their development of a writing system. Religion and culture were connected in the Shang Dynasty through how they valued their family and ancestors. Their religion‚ also called folk religion
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The Shang Dynasty was an empire that had its capital located at the Ruins of Yin near the Yellow River‚ or present day Anyang in China. North China Plain was also the former location of the first dynasty known as the Xia and of the Zhou Dynasty‚ succeeding the Shang. There’s a controversy relating to its chronology‚ which varies from 1600 to 1046 BCE according to the Bamboo Annals and Records of the Grand Historian texts (1). They had a complex political structure through social hierarchy with the
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A. Shang Dynasty The Shang Dynasty ruled a region of China in the Yellow River valley‚ an area of land that is now commonly referred to as the cradle of Chinese civilization¹. The Shang Dynasty ruled their empire from around 1500-1050 B.C.E. and existed during the time of China’s Bronze Age. The Shang is the first Chinese Dynasty to leave behind sufficient evidence of its culture. This evidence has come in the form of written documents‚ several bronze works‚ and the Shang oracle bones
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he Shang Dynasty. This is small compared to the other dynasties‚ but this is among one of the oldest china dynasties. The Shang Dynasty was small compared to the Han Dynasty because it did not have all of all the advanced technology like the Han Dynasty had. Even though they were not as big in size they had parts that a civilization needed. Why do you think that they lasted about 550 years. Government was the Shangs most focused on their dynasty Government helped them with a lot of things. A
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Contrast Egypt and The Shang-Zhou River Valley In Two of The Following: Environment‚ Government‚ and Religion. Egypt (Government) King=pharaoh/ half god sent to earth to maintain ma’at Pyramids Hieroglyphics on papyrus to keep records Similarities Theocracy Tax through military and labor Shang-Zhou (Government) Mandate of heaven Tombs Oracle bones for records Environment Hot‚ dry‚ sunny climate Agriculture dependent on river water Natural barriers (Nile River for Egypt‚ mountains
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civilizations of Egypt and China were very similar in many different aspects. Their governments and their geography were extremely alike and the religions of the two civilizations had only tiny differences. The early Egyptians also had the same concept of writing as the Chinese people who lived across the continent from them. Suprisingly‚ these two ancient civilizations that existed very far away from each other show a enormous amount of similarities in almost every area. The government of Ancient Egypt was
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Essential Questions: Chapter 2 1. Describe the political hierarchy of China under Shang rule? [hint: What had the power?] Most of East Asia is secured with mountains‚ affecting overland to travel‚ transport‚ and correspondences troublesome and direct. The giant stream systems of eastern China‚ however-the Yellow and the Yangzio Rivers and their tributaries-empower east-west improvement. In the eastern stream valleys thick masses could practice concentrated cultivating; on the steppe
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