The Shang clan ruled with a system of central government, while the Zhou established independent feudal states, allowing power to local rulers instead. The Zhou Dynasty focused on the success of their people in order to gain strength as a community.
The Shang Dynasty (also called the Yin Dynasty) succeeded the Xia Dynasty, and was followed by the Zhou Dynasty. It was located in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BCE. It featured a stratified social system made up of aristocrats, soldiers, artisans and craftsmen, and peasants.
It's mostly because the materials used when building the Pyramids of Egypt were stone, whereas the materials used during the building of the Ziggurats of Mesopotamia were mud bricks.
In the 1950s, the State of New York banned a film that dealt with the topic of immorality.
