When1: -1766
When2: -1027
Who: Shang or Yin
What: dynasty
Where: China/Korea
Detail: Anyang was capital. Panlung, Chengchow, Honan, Hupeh, and Shantung were fortified cities.
King owned all land, and leading clans were king's vassals. It had professional soldiers, chariots, coins, slaves, burials, sacrifices, rituals, astronomy, and scribes.
Writing calligraphy used 5000 pictograph characters, each representing one syllable.
Ancestor worship began. Appointed people read oracles {shih}, turtle shells or bones inscribed with writing and then cracked by heated pins.
Art had cast bronze statues and ceramics. They believed that the god of heaven anointed the king.
Perhaps, Shang and Olmec cultures met, because icons and architecture are similar.
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