HIST 2751H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fu Hao, Honshu, Susanoo-No-Mikoto
5 Apr 2016
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Early histories of east asia: going back this far means it is hard to ind informaion. Shang dynasty (ca 1500-1045 bce: developed in the area in near the yellow river, during this ime in egypt is when the famous kings, informaion that is known about this dynasty comes from the dynasty that came ater. Biases because the zhou took over the shang: also informaion is found using archaeology. Found 16 other people and dogs with king"s consort. Metal and potery objects can also be found. Oracle bones: animal bones are dried up and cracked the cracks are then examined by psychics who read the bone and write the predicts on the bones: rulers had a lot of labours. E. g. large wall around the palace needed 10,000 workers and took nine years: the zhou captured the shang dynasty, kept the technology. The qin dynasty (256-206 bce) [will be featured in documentary] Ii: 30,000 years ago there were human inhabitants.
