Shang dynasty

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Sources

1. WebsiteShang dynasty
2. BookSources of Shang History: The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China

Relations

has member:

• Wu Ding

  Sources: The Economic History of China: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

founded by:

• Tang of Shang

  As tradition tells it.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), Early China: A Social and Cultural History

has capital:

• Yinxu

  Sources: Shang dynasty, Sources of Shang History: The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China

ruled by:

• Di Xinuntil c. 1,046 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), Early China: A Social and Cultural History

• Pan Geng

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), Yin Xu

was succeeded by:

• Zhou dynastysince c. 1,046 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), Early China: A Social and Cultural History

Appears in9 items

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  Early Imperial China8 items
  • 
    Shangc. 1,600 BCE O.S.
  • The walled Shang city at Zhengzhouc. 1,550 BCE O.S.
  • Pan Geng moves the capital to Yinc. 1,300 BCE O.S.
  • Reign of Wu Dingc. 1,250 BCE O.S.
  • 
    The oldest oracle-bone inscriptionsc. 1,220 BCE O.S.
  • 
    The Zhou conquer the Shang at Muyec. 1,046 BCE O.S.
  • Luoyi, the eastern capital, is foundedc. 1,038 BCE O.S.
  • 
    The Mandate of Heaven, cast in bronzec. 1,000 BCE O.S.
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  The History of Writing1 item
  • 
    Oracle-bone inscriptions at Anyangc. 1,250 BCE

Mentioned in1 item

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  The History of Money1 item
  • Fu Hao’s cowriesc. 1,200 BCE O.S.