He was hired to find a shorter route to Asia<span> from Europe through the Arctic Ocean. </span>
The Shang and Zhou dynasties shared an interest in education, domestic family structure and socioeconomic segregation but differed in their academic interests and approaches to government. While the Shang dynasty encouraged the arts and humanities, the Zhou family promoted science and mathematics. The Shang clan ruled with a system of central governance, while the Zhou established independent feudal states, vesting power in local rulers instead.
Tribunes, they would speak for them. aka military people. hope that helped!!