Under the Shang Dynasty, the Chinese built huge cities with strong social class divisions, expanded irrigation systems, monopolized the use of bronze, and developed a system of writing. Shang kings were believed to fulfill sacred, not political, purposes.
Scribes became important in Sumerian and Egyptian life because they were the only people who could read and write and keep records of people who are employed.
The French Revolution was a period in France when the people overthrew the monarchy and took control of the government. The Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s
