HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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Fork
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Wooden Idol
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Compass
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Map
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Detailed explanation-1: -Compass: This was for religious use. When a new house was being built, people used it to see if the house was faced in perfect harmony with nature. The compass was a wooden circle with markings on it, and a magnetic spoon on top.
Detailed explanation-2: -Folk religion during the Shang dynasty was polytheistic, meaning the people worshipped many gods. This bronze sculpture of a human head with gold leaf is typical of the bronze artwork created during the Shang dynasty. Ancestor worship was also very important to the Shang.
Detailed explanation-3: -Compass, China, 220 BCE They also had observed that needles cooled from red heat and held in the north-south orientation (the earth’s axis) would become magnetic. These more refined needle compasses could then be floated in water (wet compass), placed upon a pointed shaft (dry compass) or suspended from a silk thread.