WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Many later historians viewed the Shang Dynasty as a “Golden Age.” In 1046 B.C.E., the Shang king was overthrown by the first Zhou king. The Shang dynasty then came to an end. The Zhou dynasty was the longest of ancient China’s dynasties.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Zhou Dynasty made significant cultural contributions to agriculture, education, military organization, Chinese literature, music, philosophical schools of thought, and social stratification as well as political and religious innovations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Trade was increased, towns grew up, coinage was developed, chopsticks came into use, and the Chinese writing system was created out of its primitive beginnings in the Shang period. There was also a great philosophical flowering: the schools of Confucianism, Daoism, and legalism developed in that period.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Tang Dynasty is considered a golden age of Chinese arts and culture. In power from 618 to 906 A.D., Tang China attracted an international reputation that spilled out of its cities and, through the practice of Buddhism, spread its culture across much of Asia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shang and Zhou Dynasties: The Bronze Age of China.