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This 6 page paper exmaines the Shang, Zhou, the Waring States, and the Qin Dynasties of China. This paper furthermore looks at how the Chinese dynasties have changed over time as well as how they were similar. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and negative aspects, they each also took a distinct place in history. Comparing and contrasting these dynasties not only informs about the particular dynasty, but is very telling of
what was happening in the culture as well. The Alliance-Based System of the Shang The Shang Dynasty reigned in China
from 1766 BC until 1050 BC (The Shang Dynasty, 2002). In terms of their rule, the Shang ruled in city-states, which were ruled over by a capital city -
much like our system of government today (The Shang Dynasty, 2002). However, the capital was always changing which meant individual city-states could be the capital at any particular time
(The Shang Dynasty, 2002). "The king seems to have served many of the same functions that kings served in other cultures: he was a kind of head priest, the
leader of the military aristocracy, and in charge of the economy" (The Shang Dynasty, 2002). There was often fighting going on between the various city-states and this caused
an almost constant state of warfare being played out somewhere in the Dynasty (The Shang Dynasty, 2002). This in itself was a notable characteristic of the Dynasty (The Shang
Dynasty, 2002). Furthermore, another notable achievement of this era regards the invention of writing, which literally revolutionized history (The Shang Dynasty, 2002). The Feudal System of the
Zhou The Zhou Dynasty followed the Shang Dynasty and this period occupied the 11th century BC until about 771 BC (Zhou
Dynasty, 2002). It was this Dynasty which introduced the feudal system (Zhou Dynasty, 2002). Essentially, what this means is that all the land and people were nominally the
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