HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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it spread around the world
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it allowed rulers to control the people
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soldiers could not win battles without it
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many of its characters are still used today
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Detailed explanation-1: -No literature as such survives from the Shang, but quite numerous records and ceremonial inscriptions and family or clan names exist, carved into or brushed onto bone or tortoise shells. Three kinds of characters were used-pictographs, ideograms, and phonograms-and those records are the earliest known writing in China.
Detailed explanation-2: -Other information about the Shang comes from Ancient Chinese historians such as Sima Quian from the Han Dynasty. Some short inscriptions are also found on bronze religious items of the Shang. The Shang were the first Chinese Dynasty to invent writing and have a recorded history.
Detailed explanation-3: -Early Writing Technologies The earliest writings in China were found on ox scapulae, tortoiseshells, and bronzes during the Shang dynasty. Dated from around 1400-1200 B.C.E, the inscriptions on bones and shells-called “oracle bones"-recorded divination used by the Shang royal house.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to the study of Shang artifacts, the development of their writing was connected to their gods and worship. Their requests, questions, and wishes to their gods were written on stones, bones, and shells. Over time, the Shang writing system evolved towards the subsequent dynasties of China.