In the beginning, the organization of the Chinese was based on agriculture, but industries were subsequently created, including metallurgy (especially bronze) from times close to that of Christ. Other important industries were porcelain and silk, so they had great trade relationships. In regards to ...
Chinese had mastered the technology of smelting bronze approximately 5.000 years ago and iron tools came into use during the Shang Dynasty, 3.000 years ago.White pottery and glazed pottery were produced. Silk production was considerably developed and the world's first figured inlaid(镶嵌的)silk ...
In Mesopotamia, people began to use bars of gold, silver, copper, iron and bronze to intermediate exchanges but the first two had advantages on the rest due to their shortage, which made them more valuable. Little by little the first coins began to appear to simplify the levying of tax r...
Iron and Bronze: Coming much earlier than it did in other civilizations; the Bronze Age in Chinese history was especially significant. It was during this period around 3000 BC that Chinese metal workers discovered how to make bronze from copper and tin, producing an easier casting method that a...
Writing, as well as bronze metallurgy, architecture, and religion, advanced under the Shang Dynasty. There were advancements in arithmetic, astronomy, art, and military technology during the Shang dynasty. They spoke an early kind of modern Chinese and had a well-developed calendar system. ...
This photo taken on Feb. 26, 2024 shows visitors looking at a buffalo-shaped bronze vessel unearthed from the Yin Ruins at the new building of Yinxu Museum in Anyang, central China's Henan Province. Luxor, the ancient city of Thebes in southern Egypt, was the pharaohs' capital at the ...
Ancient Chinese art is traditional Chinese art from the Neolithic Period (10000-2000 BC) through the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). Then, beginning in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1050 BC) and continuing through the Zhou Dynasty (1050-221 BC), China entered the Bronze age. This was the ...
Outside of Mesopotamia and Egypt in Anatolia, the Hittite Empire came to prominence in Anatolia during the Bronze Age beginning in circa 1600 BCE. This civilization kept detailed records of kings, as well as the conquest and conflict with other empires—especially Egypt. The Hittite Empire was ...
During the 4th and 5th centuries, the Greeks developed a form of artistic realism that allowed artists to sculpt harmonious, realistic, and beautiful renditions of the human figure out of marble and bronze. Artist Polykleitos of Argos formulated a system of proportions that was particularly influenti...
“The Cradle of Civilization”more than any other place in the world. To the south of this long basin, the ancient Sumerian entrepreneurs were determined to build the first cities of the world more than 5,000 years ago. They also devised a writing system, discovered bronze and were the ...