To Explore the Evidence Surrounding the Shang Kings

To Explore the Evidence Surrounding the Shang Kings

The Shang Dynasty Learning Objective: To explore the evidence surrounding the Shang kings. www.planbee.com Can you remember when the Shang Dynasty were in power? www.planbee.com The Shang Dynasty were in power from around 1600 BC until 1046 BC. This was during the Bronze Age. and Five Emperors Three Sovereigns Shang Dynasty Western Zhou Xia Dynasty Western Han Eastern Han Qin Dynasty Xin Dynasty (Stone Age) Palaeolithic 1,000,000 BC 4000 BC 2070 BC 1600 BC 1046 BC 771 BC 206 BC 0 226 AD Did you get that right? www.planbee.com Around 200 BC, lists of the Shang rulers were written in history books. This list shows the first nine Shang rulers as listed in these books: 1st King Da Yi (Tang the Great) 2nd King Wai Bing How accurate do you 3rd King Zhong Ren think this list is? Why? 4th King Tai Jia 5th King Wo Ding 6th King Tai Geng 7th King Xiao Jia 8th King Yong Ji 9th King Tai Wu www.planbee.com Until the discovery of the oracle bones, the only evidence for the Shang Dynasty was written in books that were written centuries after the Shang Dynasty ended. When the oracle bones were discovered, they confirmed some of the details that were written in the history books, proving that the Shang Dynasty and its rulers had existed. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shang_dynasty_inscribed_scapula.jpg www.planbee.com What were oracle bones? Oracle bones were made of the shoulder blades of large animals, such as oxen, or turtle shells. They were used by kings and diviners to answer questions and tell the future. This is a replica of a turtle shell oracle. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OracleShell.JPG www.planbee.com The diviner wrote a question on the oracle bone, then drilled pits into it. He would then put a red-hot poker into the pit until the bone cracked. The diviner would then read the cracks to interpret the answer to the question. This oracle bone is asking if it will rain today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OracleSun.jpg www.planbee.com What other questions do you think a king might want to ask the oracle bones? www.planbee.com Because the oracle bones were used by kings to help them predict the future, they contain a lot of information about the kings of the Shang Dynasty. Some of the information matched that in the history books but some did not. Which evidence do you think is more reliable? Why? www.planbee.com.

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