Transportation+and+Weaponry


 * Weaponry
 * Made of bronze or stone
 * Máo spears
 * Yuè pole-axes
 * Ge pole-based dagger-axes
 * Bronze axes for hand-to-hand combat [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/CMOC_Treasures_of_Ancient_China_exhibit_-_bronze_battle_axe.jpg width="353" height="313" align="right" caption="Bronze hand axe" link="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/CMOC_Treasures_of_Ancient_China_exhibit_-_bronze_battle_axe.jpg"]]
 * Also a symbol of military authority and power
 * Bronze and leather helmets
 * Compound bows
 * Made of thin wood and tendons of animals
 * Transportation
 * Chariots
 * Supposedly created in Shang with outside influences
 * Mobile command vehicles
 * Symbols of power and class
 * Royalty rode around in them
 * Chariots came before mounted riders
 * Horses were too small to support riders
 * Walking
 * Commoners walked
 * Sea travel
 * Boats/rafts
 * Transporting large amounts of farmed or other goods
 * Going between cities (biggest along river)

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 * ~Lara~**