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The Shang dynasty ( Chinese: 商朝; pinyin: Shāng cháo ), also known as the Yin dynasty ( 殷代; Yīn dài ), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty. The classic account of the Shang comes from texts ...
The Sanxingdui culture that corresponds to periods II-III of the site, was a mysterious civilization in southern China. [28] This culture is contemporaneous with the Shang dynasty, however, that culture developed a different method of bronze-making from the Shang.
The Xia dynasty ( Chinese: 夏朝; pinyin: Xiàcháo; Wade–Giles: Hsia4-ch‘ao2) is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, it was established by the legendary figure Yu the Great, after Shun, the last of the Five Emperors, gave the throne to him. [1] In traditional historiography, the Xia was ...
The list of states refers to the various vassal tribes and states during the Shang dynasty in ancient China. Today, scholars' understanding of these states (Chinese："方") primarily comes from oracle bone inscriptions unearthed from the late Shang dynasty Yinxu. In these inscriptions, these tribal states are often referred to as name + "方". [1]
Four Great Ancient Capitals. There are traditionally four major historical capitals of China referred to as the "Four Great Ancient Capitals of China" ( simplified Chinese: 中国四大古都; traditional Chinese: 中國四大古都; pinyin: Zhōngguó Sì Dà Gǔ Dū ). The four are Beijing, Nanjing, Luoyang and Xi'an ( Chang'an ).
Ancient Chinese states ( traditional Chinese: 諸侯國; simplified Chinese: 诸侯国; pinyin: Zhūhóu guó) were dynastic polities of China within and without the Zhou cultural sphere prior to Qin's wars of unification. They ranged in size from large estates, to city-states to much vaster territories with multiple population centers.
The term Nine Provinces or Nine Regions (Chinese: 九州; pinyin: Jiǔ Zhōu), is used in ancient Chinese histories to refer to territorial divisions or islands during the Xia and Shang dynasties and has now come to symbolically represent China.
Anyang ( simplified Chinese: 安阳; traditional Chinese: 安陽; [án.jǎŋ]) is a prefecture-level city in Henan, China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively.