Harappan Civilization versus Shang and Zhou Dynasties
... Even though the civilization in China surfaced 1000 years later than the one in Harappa, both civilizations had some similarities and key differences that allowed one to become the longest and most enduring civilization in the world while the other collapsed within few centuries. Numerous village communities occupied the Indus River valley and the plains of yellow river before the beginning of either civilization. ... The Pre-Harappan people were also experienced in the art of making bronze weapons, tools and mirrors. Soon, these sedentary farmers built civilizations in both location that matched and in some aspect surpassed the size, complexity and longevity of the earliest civilization of Mesopotamia and Egypt. The civilization is Harappa emerged in the Indus river valley, somewhere in mid 3rd millennium B. ... There is very little known about the Harappan way of life and it’s development since it disappeared from history for thousand of years before being rediscovered in around 1850s C. ... On the other hand the Shang and Zhou civilization survived nomadic incursions and natural catastrophic and has profoundly influenced the course of Chinese History. ... The Shang civilization had their capital city in Anyang and the surrounding areas where Shang monarchs were served by a sizable bureaucracy.