What were the major cities of the Shang Dynasty?
In this lesson, we will learn how the Shang Dynasty was amongst the first civilisations to create major cities. We will look in detail at two of these cities and their relationship with the Yellow River, as well as how rural life continued to flourish alongside these cities.
What were the major cities of the Shang Dynasty?
In this lesson, we will learn how the Shang Dynasty was amongst the first civilisations to create major cities. We will look in detail at two of these cities and their relationship with the Yellow River, as well as how rural life continued to flourish alongside these cities.
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- Artefacts that tell us about life in Shang Dynasty
- Insights that can be drawn from these
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which of these was NOT a feature of the Shang Dynasty?
A stratified government
A writing system
Making things out of bronze
Q2.
Who was the most important group in the stratified system of government in the Shang Dynasty?
Local chiefs
Peasants
Traders
Q3.
When did the Shang Dynasty end?
1066 CE
1600 BCE
1600 CE
Q4.
Empires usually start to collapse for one single reason.
True
Q5.
Over 3,000 years ago, the Shang people worked out:
The exact length of the Yellow River
The exact number of people that were in the empire
The exact size of the earth.
5 Questions
Q1.
The capital of the late period Shang Dynasty was in
Beijing
Shanghai
Zhengzhou
Q2.
What is the name of the city that once existed at the modern city of Zhengzhou?
Anyang
Yinxu
Zhong Ding
Q3.
How thick were some of the walls surrounding the cities in the Shang Dynasty?
1m
50m
5m
Q4.
Which of these groups of people would NOT have lived within the city walls?
Noble families
Priests
The Emperor
Q5.
The Shang Dynasty probably didn't trade with any other civilisations.
True