The Shang had some technology that still lives on today such as the Chinese scripture and the Chinese calendar. The Chinese Scripture was made to write down events or certain trade deals within the economic society it is also used for counting , marking how much you have of something, and even for stories. The Chinese calendar is used for the same reasons that we have our calendars to mark important dates, birthdays, and even the most simplistic thing that we use calendars for is to know what day it is. This calendar is very similar to our own US calendar it consist of 365 days and some 1/4 days. Even though we don't not use the Chinese scripture and Chinese calendars they did shape how the Chinese used this certain things not only is it still around today but none of it has been forgotten sometimes we see it in anime's and other times we read about it. The inventions that change the society change how those civilizations are today they still use Chinese scripture and they still use the Chinese calendar which hasn't changed since those two thing have been invented. All the information used in the section is from "Chinese History - Shang Dynasty 商 Science, Technology and Inventions (www.chinaknowledge.de)." Chinese History - Shang Dynasty 商 Science, Technology and Inventions (www.chinaknowledge.de). N.p., n.d. Web. 07 May 2015.