The Shang and Zhou dynasty coexisted and originated in China, around the Yellow / Huang He river in the Bronze era ( 1,700 bce ) and went on to exist for nearly 2,000 more years. Though these Dynasties weren’t in perfect peace and harmony with one another, they shared similar values and working methods in which made the two opposing dynasties very similar. Each pillar (social, political, interaction with the environment, cultural, and economics) had it’s own way of showing through in it’s time and place, but for me there were three which showed to be the most prominent in the dynasties. Agriculture was a substantial part of the making of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, as many things revolved around it and it revolved around other things. To
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The peasants were usually made up of farmers and slaves. These people were given either little or no money all all to survive off of. The slaves were forced into work and had nearly any resources while the farmers were given the bare minimum of what was needed to survive off of and with the largest working class being the farmers, it wasn’t uncommon to see many peasants around. Artisans made many of their finer objects and materials by hand. This class consisted of people who held jobs such as painters, architects, sculptors, bronze workers, and exc. Depending on what you made, it would put you in a higher level in that class. If you sculpted pots for the royals, you were in the higher division of that singular class. Next were the militants, these people fought for their country and rulers, so they were held in a higher glory. Finally, there were the royals. In the Zhou dynasty there were kings to rule of the land. In the Shang Dynasty, there were emperors and nobles. The nobles ruled over the smaller groups of civilians in the Dynasty and received their orders from the emperor, who were often related by blood. Priests were never confined to one class, but they were held in high remarks as they were one with the gods, being a polytheistic society. The priest would practice their worships to the Gods and sacred ancestors, which were able to …show more content…
Interaction with the environment connects to economics, economics connects to social, and so on. The two dynasties seems to be most heavily reliant on the three things mentioned previously as it made up their entire dynasties. Any little peace there was before continued to fade and the Shang dynasty eventually disappeared and fell from its role in the world, but that didn’t stop either of the dynasties from behaving and working in their true
The peasants were usually made up of farmers and slaves. These people were given either little or no money all all to survive off of. The slaves were forced into work and had nearly any resources while the farmers were given the bare minimum of what was needed to survive off of and with the largest working class being the farmers, it wasn’t uncommon to see many peasants around. Artisans made many of their finer objects and materials by hand. This class consisted of people who held jobs such as painters, architects, sculptors, bronze workers, and exc. Depending on what you made, it would put you in a higher level in that class. If you sculpted pots for the royals, you were in the higher division of that singular class. Next were the militants, these people fought for their country and rulers, so they were held in a higher glory. Finally, there were the royals. In the Zhou dynasty there were kings to rule of the land. In the Shang Dynasty, there were emperors and nobles. The nobles ruled over the smaller groups of civilians in the Dynasty and received their orders from the emperor, who were often related by blood. Priests were never confined to one class, but they were held in high remarks as they were one with the gods, being a polytheistic society. The priest would practice their worships to the Gods and sacred ancestors, which were able to …show more content…
Interaction with the environment connects to economics, economics connects to social, and so on. The two dynasties seems to be most heavily reliant on the three things mentioned previously as it made up their entire dynasties. Any little peace there was before continued to fade and the Shang dynasty eventually disappeared and fell from its role in the world, but that didn’t stop either of the dynasties from behaving and working in their true