Han Dynasty Influence

Over five thousand years ago China formed a society that nurtured from the developments of cultivation, skills, trades, family, administration, and control over water supply. The Great Ancient Chinese Civilizations was the first to build a dynasty from influences of earlier dynasties; such as The Shang, Zhou, and Qin! From 2200 B.C.E. till 207 B.C.E. the Shang, Zhou and Qin reigned throughout China. The Han Dynasty reigned from 206 C.E. to 220 C.E. through political organization, social order, Chinese writing, and cultural development. While Shang, Zhou, and Qin Dynasties had important influences that helped built the first great Chinese civilization. The Han Dynasty was the first to incorporate all of those important influences into a union. …show more content…
The Han Dynasty used an important influence of the Shang Dynasty, through Chinese writing and cultural development. (Bentley and Ziegler 89) The Shang Dynasty ruled from 1766 to 1122 B.C.E. (Bentley and Ziegler 81) The Shang Dynasty was the first to broaden the use of writing for administration and creative writing. The Chinese writing involved into using a different variety of engravings. (Bentley and Ziegler 89) The Chinese would practice a ritual where they ordain a male member of their family to tend to their deceased family members grave site. The Zhou Dynasty reigned from 1122 to 256 B.C.E. The Zhou Dynasty added meaningful values by transforming the Chinese thoughts about administration and organizational integrity. Zhou Dynasty instilled that heaven gave authority to the truthful person that was worthy and recognized as a descendants of heaven. (Bentley and Ziegler 84) The Zhou Dynasty laws were taught in Chinese schools. The Book of Changes, the Book of History, and the Book of Etiquettes served as were teachings of Zhou Dynasty that were in the text books. (Bentley and Ziegler