Shang Dynasty
HD2 (-1600~-1046)
Bronze metallurgy and oracle bone inscriptions
Battle of Mingtiao
HE7 (1600 BC)The righteous military transition of sovereignty.
Yi Yin Banishing Tai Jia
HE8 (1550 BC)The earliest moral paradigm of sage ministership and check on monarchical power.
Pan Geng Moving the Capital to Yin
HE9 (1300 BC)Anchoring the permanent archaeological center of Shang culture.
Wu Ding's Golden Age
HE10 (1250 BC)The grandest era of societal prosperity and territorial expansion in Shang.
Oracle Bone Inscriptions
HE11 (1250 BC)The earliest fully-formed Chinese writing system and Shang court divination record.
Lady Fu Hao's Campaigns
HE12 (1200 BC)The pioneering female military commander of the Bronze Age.
Tyranny of King Zhou
HE13 (1075 BC ~ 1046 BC)Shang's apex reversed into political collapse by the cruelty of its final king.
Battle of Muye
HE14 (1046 BC)The tragic and monumental collapse of the Bronze empire.