Objects from the Shang dynasty give us clues to the concerns of people more than 3,000 years ago.
c. 1600–1046 B.C.E.
Objects from the Shang dynasty give us clues to the concerns of people more than 3,000 years ago.
c. 1600–1046 B.C.E.
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This tomb confirmed Fu Hao’s role as one of the most important female military commanders of ancient China.
Tigers, dragons, and, monsters on a Shang Dynasty Ewer
Learn about how the Shang people left many legacies for later generations in China
The writing on these bones is 3000 years old, but scholars can decipher an incredible 40 percent of the characters.
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