Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230600017
Book Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Shang Dynasty, Oracle bone, Oracle bone script, Yinxu, Sanxingdui, Chinese bronzes, Taotie, Tomb of Fu Hao, Battle of Muye, Xia Shang Zhou Chronology Project, Battle of Mingtiao, Erlitou culture, Longshan culture, Shang archaeology, Upper Xiajiadian culture, Kayue culture, Zhukaigou culture, Jinsha, Lower Xiajiadian culture, Erligang culture, Qijia culture, Siwa culture, Bo Yi Kao, Baijinbao culture, Panlongcheng, Wucheng culture, List of Bronze Age sites in China, Majiayao culture, Xingan, Tong Bei, Zhaoge. Excerpt: The Shang Dynasty (Chinese: ) or Yin Dynasty ( ) was according to traditional sources the second Chinese dynasty, after the Xia Dynasty. They ruled in the northeastern regions of the area known as "China proper" in the Yellow River valley. According to the chronology based upon calculations by Liu Xin, the Shang ruled between 1766 BC and 1122 BC, but according to the chronology based upon the Bamboo Annals, they ruled between 1556 BC and 1046 BC. The results of the Xia Shang Zhou Chronology Project place them between 1600 BC and 1046 BC. According to historical tradition, the Shang Dynasty followed the (possibly mythical) Xia Dynasty and preceded the Zhou Dynasty. While some direct information about the Shang Dynasty comes from Shang-era inscriptions on bronze artifacts, most comes from oracle bones - turtle shells, cattle scapulae, or other bones, which bear glyphs that form the first significant corpus of recorded Chinese characters. Other sources on the Shang come from historical records of the later Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty Shiji, or Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian. The inscriptions on the oracle bones are divinations, and because they can be gleaned for information on many topics from the politics and economy to the art and medicine of the period, they provide...