The Shang had a number of religious practices, one of which was veneration of dead ancestors; Shang people made sacrifices to and asked questions of their ancestors.
Ancient Chinese nobles sought to tell the future by writing on bone fragments or pieces of turtle shell and throwing those bones into a fire; the fortune seekers saw messages about the future in the cracks that formed.
Shang dynasty craftspeople mastered bronze, an alloy of copper and tin; bronze weapons gave Shang foot soldiers and charioteers a tactical advantage in combat.
Because you need to win the electoral college, instead of the popular vote, a candidate usually tries to campaign in states with lot of electoral votes, and usually refrains from going to smaller states.
1. Kennedy agreed to end the crises because they sent him a long rambling letter searching for a way out of the crises. The basic proposition was that if the U.S made a none invasion pledge then the soviets would remove their military presence in Cuba. From the U.S point of view, this was perfect.
2. Khrushchev agreed to end the crises because he wanted to avoid nuclear war and both sides acknowledged the risk, so both men agreed to end the crises to prevent war in any way possible.
3. On a scale i think both sides ended up winning because it could’ve ended up in a big devastating war between both sides of Kennedy would’ve refused the letter. Therefore i think both men won on protecting themselves from mass destruction on their land.
After Jesus, the two most significant figures in Christianity are the apostles Peter and Paul/Saul. Paul, in particular, takes a leading role in spreading the teachings of Jesus to Gentiles (non Jews) in the Roman Empire.
