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... Shang ( 18th - 12th century BC ) , and China's first written records . The Late Shang is well known from oracle bones recovered from the site of the last Shang capital near An - yang . The bones are turtle plastrons and ox scapulae with ...
... Shang ( 18th - 12th century BC ) , and China's first written records . The Late Shang is well known from oracle bones recovered from the site of the last Shang capital near An - yang . The bones are turtle plastrons and ox scapulae with ...
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... Shang The advent of bronze casting . The 3rd and 2nd millen- nia witnessed the appearance of increasing warfare , com- plex urban settlements , intense status differentiation , and administrative and religious hierarchies that ...
... Shang The advent of bronze casting . The 3rd and 2nd millen- nia witnessed the appearance of increasing warfare , com- plex urban settlements , intense status differentiation , and administrative and religious hierarchies that ...
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... Shang . The name Chou appears often in the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang kingdom , sometimes as a friendly tributary neighbour and at other times as a hostile one . This pattern is confirmed by records found at the Chou ...
... Shang . The name Chou appears often in the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang kingdom , sometimes as a friendly tributary neighbour and at other times as a hostile one . This pattern is confirmed by records found at the Chou ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
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