china: dynasties of power

• the shang rullers built their empire upon human sacrifice is true
• the shang valued bronze more than gold
• instead of cutting off people's heads, the leaders of sanxindui decapitated statues
• the "warning states" period was when the states battled for supremacy
• a common person could raise his rank in the Ch'in army by based on the number of heads they cut off the enemies
• the great wall of china was built to stop the notherners from invading china
• the workers on Ch'in's tomb were trapped inside the tomb so they would not reveal it's secrets
• the most precious commodity exported from china was silk
• the emperor ch'in used tarakotta soliders as bodyguards in his tomb
• the last chinese emperor came into power 1908 and was 3 years old when he came into power