Whether it means consulting inscriptions on animal bones or tortoiseshells (see the Shang Oracle Bone in Section 2, Traces of Ideas) during the Shang and Zhou periods or using wood blocks to learn the ...

Narrator: The Shang military was a powerful highly organised machine. Most of the warriors were foot soldiers armed with bronze weapons such as daggers, spears and ji, a long stick with a bronze ...

This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this land. Narrator: The Shang dynasty was located near the Yellow River. The river made the land good for ...

Narrator: The people of the Shang Dynasty believed in lots of gods, including the gods of wind, clouds, the Sun and the moon. Wheat Collector: Praise to the gods, all of them. Narrator ...

This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this land. Narrator: The Shang dynasty was located near the Yellow River. The river made the land good for ...

Narrator: The Shang military was a powerful highly organised machine. Most of the warriors were foot soldiers armed with bronze weapons such as daggers, spears and ji, a long stick with a bronze ...

Oracle bones like this one are about 3500 years old. They proved the existence of the Shang dynasty. Most of the bones were discovered in the Shang city of Yinxu, near modern-day Anyang.

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The Shang Dynasty ruled part of China between 1600 BC and 1046 BC. What happened to the dynasty? Why did it end? What was it like to live in the Shang Dynasty? How was life in the Shang Dynasty ...

This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this land. Narrator: The Shang dynasty was located near the Yellow River. The river made the land good for ...

Narrator: The Shang military was a powerful highly organised machine. Most of the warriors were foot soldiers armed with bronze weapons such as daggers, spears and ji, a long stick with a bronze ...