1 Shāng 商 and Zhōu周
I. Prehistory
A. Paleolithic period
Homo erectus
Peking man
B. Neolithic revolution
1. Agriculture
2. Industry
pottery, metal working, textile production
3. Society and Culture
scapulimancy
II. Shāng 商 Dynasty (ca. 1600 BC to ca. 1050 BC)
A. Cities
Ānyáng 安 阳
B. Writing
logograph, pictograph, homophones
C. Bronze
饕 tāotiè
餮
D. Culture
帝
上 Shàngdì
III. Western Zhōu 周 Dynasty (ca. 1050 BC to 771 BC)
A. Politics
King Wen
King Wu
Duke of Zhou
Luòyáng 洛 阳
B. Culture
Tian 天
“mandate of heaven”
“Son of Heaven”