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3 days ago · Rib of a rhinoceros killed in a royal hunt, bearing an inscription including the character 商 (Shāng, fifth character from the bottom on the right). The Late Shang, also known as the Anyang period, is the earliest known literate civilization in China, spanning the reigns of the last nine kings of the Shang dynasty, beginning with Wu Ding in the second half of the 13th century BC and ending ...
2 days ago · Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou. The Western Zhou and the many of them hepedof Ji; they are collectively known as the Zhou dynasty; The founder of the Eastern Zhou, the King Ping of Zhou, was a son of the last Western Zhou ruler, the King You of Zhou; Western Han, Eastern Han, Shu Han, and Liu Song
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2 days ago · The Wuwangdun Site has been identified as a tomb belonging to the Chu, a vassal state to the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 BC) from about 2,000 years ago. It is the largest in scale ...
3 days ago · Jinci used to be the ancestral temple of kings of the Jin state during the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 BC) and the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). Legend has it that Ji Song became the second monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty when he was young.
3 days ago · The cemetery of the Guo State was in today's Shang Cunling town. It is a large public cemetery from the period of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period. Its discovery and excavation provided a window into the mystery of the ancient Guo State. This 400 meters exhibition hall displays King Guoji's tomb, three retainers' tombs ...
1 day ago · The state religion of the Shang dynasty ( c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC) involved trained practitioners communicating with deified beings, including deceased ancestors and supernatural gods. [3] Primary methods of spiritual veneration were written divinations on oracle bones and sacrifice of living beings. The Shang dynasty also had large-scale ...
3 days ago · Zhouyuan Site. The Zhouyuan Site is located in the north Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi Province and stretches eastward to Wugong and westward to Baoji, across most part of Fufeng and Qishan counties. Leaning on Qishan Mountain in the north, and close to the Weishui River in the south, the area is like a high mount that is 900 meters above sea level.
