Anyang (Yinxu)
Last Shang dynasty capital; source of the oracle bones, earliest attested Chinese writing; UNESCO 2006.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1,250 BCE mainstream
Yin founded as late Shang capital source - 1,046 BCE mainstream
fall of Shang to Zhou source
Where
36.1300° N, 114.3100° E
Sources
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