What is Shang dynasty?
{{more sources|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox Former Country | native_name = {{nobold|商}} | conventional_long_name = Shang | common_name = Shang dynasty | region = | era = [[Bronze Age]] | status = Kingdom | government_type = monarchy | year_start = c. 1600&nbsp;BC | year_end = c. 1046&nbsp;BC | p1 = Xia dynasty | s1 = Zhou dynasty | event_start = | event_end = Zhou conquest | event1 = | date_event1 = | event2 = | date_event2 = | event3 = | date_event3 = | event4 = | event5 = | date_event5 = | image_map = Shang dynasty.svg | image_map_caption = Remnants of advanced, stratified societies dating back to the Shang period have been found in the Yellow River Valley. | capital = [[Yinxu|Yin]] (modern [[Anyang]]) | common_languages = [[Old Chinese]] | Philosophy = | religion = [[Chinese folk religion]] | currency = | leader1 = | leader2 = | year_leader1 = | year_leader2 = | title_leader = [[Emperor of China|King]] | legislature = | stat_year1 = 1122&nbsp;BC est.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Turchin|first1=Peter|last2=Adams|first2=Jonathan M.|last3=Hall|first3=Thomas D.|date=December 2006|title=East-West Orientation of Historical Empires and Modern States|url=http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/369|journal=Journal of World-Systems Research|volume=12|issue=2|pages=219–229|doi=10.5195/jwsr.2006.369|issn=1076-156X}}</ref> | stat_area1 = 1250000 | stat_pop1 = | stat_year2 = | stat_area2 = | stat_pop2 = | today = {{flag|China}} }} [[File:China_1.jpg|right|thumb|This was the Shang kingdom.]] The '''Shang dynasty''' (existed from 1600BC - 1046BC) was the second dynasty in [[China]] following the [[Xia dynasty]]. Most of what we know about the Shang Dynasty is from reading pictures on [[oracle]] boners and bronze objects. A dynasty is a series of rulers which are considered to be part of the same family because they are ruling a country over generations. According to tradition, the last Shang king was overthrown in 1046 BC. The succeeding dynasty was called the [[Zhou dynasty|Zhouh dynasty]]. [[File:CMOC Treasures