The Xia Dynasties: The Rise And Fall Of Ancient Chinese Civilization

what happened and or how it happened. Although The Xia dynasty had a significant impact in the growth of the civilization because the beginning of the writing happened in this time period.

Later, the Shang Dynasty came around 1766-1122 BCE. The Shang Dynasty had 31 emperors in a time period of 600 years. During this time period social class divided the society. The lower class was kept from advancing and maintaining the power of the upper class. Stability within the dynasty existed largely because despite inequality the government protected the lower class. According to the website "Ancient Chinese Dynasties: Advancements and Achievements." China had many achievement that help shape the civilization of China such as ‘the developed a refined

writing system that had over 2000 symbols, made jewelry and decorations from jade, China created a 12 month calendar with 365 and 1/4 days, based on the moon's cycles made bronze weapons, armors, and tools. (Par., 1) With that being said, the Shang dynasty impacted the way China’s civilization maintain in place. In my opinion, all the achievements China had during the Shang dynasty were impacting. China creating weapons was extremely important to me because still today the weapons that China created we use. The second most important thing that China achieved in my opinion was the refined writing system. The writing system was records about business activities, warfare, weather, religious activities, and ceremonies. Therefore, the Shang dynasty had a tremendous impact in the way China’s civilization maintain strong.
Finally, the Zhou Dynasty occurred 1122-256 BCE. The Zhou dynasty overthrow the Shang Dynasty. The Mandate of Heaven was how the Shang Dynasty was overthrow. The name was justified by action using supernatural; Shang fell out of heaven. The Mandate of heaven said that the concept of a corrupt king must be overthrown. During the Mandate of Heaven the emperor was supposed to maintain balance with the gods and in return the gods would maintain