What led to the fall of the shang dynasty? a. they could not control the flooding of the river. c. they had a weak economy based on herding. b. they failed in their attempts to extend the empire. d. they were overthrown by those who thought they had lost the mandate of heaven.

The answer is

→ D.) They were overthrown by those who thought they had lost the Mandate of Heaven.

Explanation:

The Shang Dynasty finished in around 1050 BCE, when victors from the territory of Zhou attacked the capital and effectively overthrown the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou victors professed to oust the Shang Dynasty for moral reasons. They said that the Shang lord was evil and that paradise at this point because they didn't want him to rule ever again.'

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athenian democracy developed around the fifth century bc in the greek city-state (known as a polis) of athens, comprising the city of athens and the surrounding territory of attica, and is often described as the first known democracy in the world. other greek cities set up democracies, most following the athenian model, but none are as well documented as athens'.

it was a political system of direct democracy, in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills. participation was not open to all residents: to vote one had to be an adult, male citizen, i.e., not a foreign resident, a submissive or a woman, and the number of these was "probably no more than 30 percent of the total adult population."[1]

the longest-lasting democratic leader was pericles. after his death, athenian democracy was twice briefly interrupted by oligarchic revolutions towards the end of the peloponnesian war. it was modified somewhat after it was restored under eucleides; the most detailed accounts of the system are of this fourth-century modification rather than the periclean system. democracy was suppressed by the macedonians in 322 bc. the athenian institutions were later revived, but how close they were to a real democracy is debatable. solon (594 bc), cleisthenes (508/7 bc), and ephialtes (462 bc) contributed to the development of athenian democracy. cleisthenes broke up the power of the nobility by organizing citizens into ten groups based on where they lived rather than on their wealth.

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