Disappearance Of The Shang Dynasty During The Bronze Age

307 Words2 Pages

The Shang Dynasty was located in the Ruins of Yin near the Yellow River, formerly Anyang in China. Although this was the definitive site, they moved six times while its 500 years of existence. The Shang persisted throughout 1050 BC-1600 BC, during the Bronze Age. A way archaeologists determined its chronology was by two ancient texts known as The Bamboo Annals and Records of the Grand Historian (1). Their culture involved a social hierarchy with the king being the priority, followed by other social classes including a military. Religious spiritually was vital to the Shang, so mainly the priests practiced the rituals that stipulated connecting to the spiritual world. Since they cherished the afterlife, royal tombs were found with paintings

Open Document