WORLD HISTORY (Pt1) SOL Review Packet

Rulers built elaborate palaces and tombs. Early writing used on oracle bones. Social classes: rulers, artisans, peasants, slaves. Patriarchal, although prior to Shang rule Chinese society was matrilineal. Ancestor veneration. Shang fell to Zhou: mandate of heaven called for an end to Shang rule, Zhou continued trend of centralization of government ................
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