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Graphic Organizer Shang Dynasty: 1. Citizens of the Shang Dynasty were classified into four social classes: the king and aristocracy, the military, artisans and craftsmen, and peasants. Members of the aristocracy were the most respected social class, and were responsible for governing smaller areas of the dynasty. 2. Shang dynasty was a monarchy government by a series of kings, 29 or 30 in total, over the course of almost 600 years. 3. Shang religion was characterized by a combination of animism, shamanism, spiritual control of the world, divination, and respect and worship of dead ancient. 4. The Shang Dynasty created an economy based on agriculture, trade, and the work of its craftspeople. Mesopotamia: 1. The populations of these cities were divided into social classes which, like societies in every civilization throughout history, were hierarchical. These classes were: The king and nobility, The priests and priestesses, The upper class, the lower class, and the Slaves. 2. Mesopotamia was ruled by king’s. 3. Mesopotamia religion refers to the religious beliefs and practices of the civilization of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 3500 BC and 400 AD, after which they largely gave way to Syriac Christianity. 4. Trade and commerce developed in Mesopotamia because