Similar to ancient Egypt, the Shang dynasty also used religion to explain things that are unexplainable. ... According to the History of China, the people who lived under the Shang Dynasty strongly believed that whenever their ancestors died, they became similar to gods, and should be worshipped as if they were also gods.
Rogues gallery was a collection of criminal's mugshots and psychological profiles of all the criminals that were could. This was the Higgins of what would now be called a criminal database, which helped local law enforcers spot criminals since it was so easy for they to move towns and change their names.
By granting economic favors
The Schlieffen Plan called for the Germans to launch an all out attack on France and hope for an early victory. Schlieffen believed that it would take Russia at least 6 weeks to mobilize its military for an attack on Germany.