Missing post - images

You are to gather at least 3 more images taken by historians / archaeologists / artifacts of the Indus Valley civilisation. Name them and explain its possible usage by the people in the civilisation.

For religious bathing

For defending its citizens

Sewage system

What happened c.1150 BCE

Discuss and write down why, how and what had happened to have caused an end to the Shang Dynasty. Present your findings on your blog. Support your conclusion with evidence (primary or/and secondary)



The Ch'in dynasty was the one that caused the end of the Shang Dynasty. China was a country consisting of many different dynasties. The Shang and the Chou were the largest and most powerful in terms of political landscape. When the Chou began to weaken at around 500 BC, the neighbouring states started to go into war with each other over territory and influence. This was referred to as The Warring States Period in ancient chinese history and it did not stop till one empire ruled the entire land, The Ch'in. The Shangs, eventually fell weak to the Ch'ins, known for their ruthlessness and evil doings.

Religion

From the imges given, such as the ritual vessels and inscribed ox scapula we know that there is an existant of priests. Conduct a research to learn more about the religion that the Shang Civilisation practiced. Blog your answers suppported by pictorial or written sources as your evidence.

Underneath the aristocrastic society of the Shang Civilisation, there was a class called the priest class, of which priest kept the records of the government and were fully in charge of the religion. The religion in the time of the Shang Civilisation was ancestor and idol based. Although having many gods, the Shang people only gave offerings to their main god, Shang Ti, the Lord on High. Sacrifice to the gods were also necessary at certain points of time. When a king died, hundreds and maybe thousands of slaves, workers and peasants were sacrificed and buried together with him. People were also sacrificed when important events such as, the founding of a temple or palace, but the sacrificed usually came in small numbers

The Shang Dynasty

Writtings

Has there been evidence of artefacts found which would indicate that the people of the Indus Valley civillisation had a system of communication? Support your answer with images or data collected and compiled by historians.

Yes, there is, in fact, evidence of aftefacts found that would suggest communication. An as yet undeciphered script found on relics from the Indus valley constitutes a genuine written language, a new mathematical analysis suggests.

The finding is the latest chapter in a bitter dispute over the interpretation of "Indus script". This is the name given to a collection of symbols found on artefacts from the Indus valley civilisation, which flourished in what is now eastern Pakistan and western India between 2500 and 1900 BC.


In 2002, a team of linguists and historians argued that the script did not represent language at all, but religious or political imagery.
These artefacts have yet to be translated.

What happened c. 1500 BCE?

Discuss and write down why, how and what had happened to have caused a rapid end to the Indus Valley Civillisation. Support your conclusion with evidence (primary/secondary)



Although there is no known evidence of how, when and why the Indus Valley Civillisation came to an end, many historians and archaeologists believe that it ended due to an unpredictable flood. The cause or causes of the end of the Indus civilization are not easy to determine. At Mohenjo-daro groups of sprawling skeletons in this period suggests some sort of massacre or invasion. The end of the Indus Valley Civilization may have been fairly abrupt and violent, but long before the end came, there seems to have been a gradual process of internal decay and stagnation


The great bath at Mohenjo-daro