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# The early cities of the Shang Dynasty were Imperial cities. These were called palace-cemetery-temple complexes. # These Imperial Cities acted as the administrative, economic and religious centres of the government. # These cities had walls for defence. # Later cities with walls became hsien (County) and provincial cities.
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# The first recorded city in the Shang Dynasty was "Ao." # Some scholars suggest the city ruins assumed as Ao is actually a Shang city older than Ao that was not recorded. # Assuming the ruins were of Ao, it must've been built by the 10th Emperor, Chung Ting. # It appears as if Emperor Chung Ting built the city on the ruins of a Neolithic settlement. # The best-studied Shang City is the" Great City Shang."
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# The earliest Shang Dynasty Bronze works were excavated in Erlitou. # In the Fu Hao tomb*, more than 440 bronze vessels were found. # Most bronze vessels were used for temple sacrifices and not burials. * the Fu Hao tomb, is where the noted military leader Fu Hao had been buried.
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Bronze vessels were cast not by the lost-wax process (using a wax mold), as formerly supposed, but in sectional molds, quantities of which have been found at Shang sites. In this complex process, which reflects the Chinese early mastery of the ceramic medium, a clay model of the body is built around a solid core representing the vessel’s interior; clay molding is used to encase the model, then sliced into sections and removed; the model is eliminated; the mold pieces are reconstructed around the core, using metal spacers to separate mold and core; and molten bronze is poured into the hollow space. Legs, handles, and appended sculpture are often cast separately and later integrated in a lock-on pour. Surface decoration may be added to the model surface before the mold is applied, requiring a double transfer from clay to clay to metal, or added in reverse to the mold surface after its removal from the model, with an incised design on the mold yielding a raised design on the metal surface. Ritual vessels range from about 15 cm (6 inches) to more than 130 cm (50 inches) in height with weights up to 832 kg (1,834 pounds). The intricacy and sharpness of the decoration shows that by the end of the 2nd millennium BC the art of bronze casting in China was the most advanced in the world - COM
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# The Shang military had large numbers. # The majority of the military were either part of the infantry, cavalry, archers. charioteers or men who rode on elephants. # The Kings took part in constant warfare to protect their kingdom. # The Shang infantry wore bronze armour and stone or bronze tools. # The prisoners of war were used for sacrificial ceremonies or as laborers.
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# The chariots of the Shang Dynasty held 3 people. # The 3 men were an archer, a driver and a spear wielder.
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# The early cities of the Shang Dynasty were Imperial cities. These were called palace-cemetery-temple complexes. # These Imperial Cities acted as the administrative, economic and religious centres of the government. # These cities had walls for defence. # Later cities with walls became hsien (County) and provincial cities.
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# The first recorded city in the Shang Dynasty was "Ao." # Some scholars suggest the city ruins assumed as Ao is actually a Shang city older than Ao that was not recorded. # Assuming the ruins were of Ao, it must've been built by the 10th Emperor, Chung Ting. # It appears as if Emperor Chung Ting built the city on the ruins of a Neolithic settlement. # The best-studied Shang City is the" Great City Shang."
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# The earliest Shang Dynasty Bronze works were excavated in Erlitou. # In the Fu Hao tomb*, more than 440 bronze vessels were found. # Most bronze vessels were used for temple sacrifices and not burials. * the Fu Hao tomb, is where the noted military leader Fu Hao had been buried.
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Bronze vessels were cast not by the lost-wax process (using a wax mold), as formerly supposed, but in sectional molds, quantities of which have been found at Shang sites. In this complex process, which reflects the Chinese early mastery of the ceramic medium, a clay model of the body is built around a solid core representing the vessel’s interior; clay molding is used to encase the model, then sliced into sections and removed; the model is eliminated; the mold pieces are reconstructed around the core, using metal spacers to separate mold and core; and molten bronze is poured into the hollow space. Legs, handles, and appended sculpture are often cast separately and later integrated in a lock-on pour. Surface decoration may be added to the model surface before the mold is applied, requiring a double transfer from clay to clay to metal, or added in reverse to the mold surface after its removal from the model, with an incised design on the mold yielding a raised design on the metal surface. Ritual vessels range from about 15 cm (6 inches) to more than 130 cm (50 inches) in height with weights up to 832 kg (1,834 pounds). The intricacy and sharpness of the decoration shows that by the end of the 2nd millennium BC the art of bronze casting in China was the most advanced in the world - COM
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# The Shang military had large numbers. # The majority of the military were either part of the infantry, cavalry, archers. charioteers or men who rode on elephants. # The Kings took part in constant warfare to protect their kingdom. # The Shang infantry wore bronze armour and stone or bronze tools. # The prisoners of war were used for sacrificial ceremonies or as laborers.
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# The chariots of the Shang Dynasty held 3 people. # The 3 men were an archer, a driver and a spear wielder.
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