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Chinese Dynasties
Chinese Dynasties Chinese Dynasties Dynasty Characteristics and History Hsia  c.1994-c.1523 BC Semilegendary Emperor Yu built irrigation channels, reclaimed land. Bronze weapons, chariots, domestic animals used. Wheat, millet cultivat... Read more
Shang
Shang or Yin, dynasty of China, which ruled, according to traditional dates, from c.1766 BC to c.1122 BC or, according to some modern scholars, from c.1523 BC to c.1027 BC It is the first historic dynasty of China; its legendary founder, T'ang, is said to have defeated the last Hsia ruler, Ch... Read more
Chinese art
Chinese art works of art produced in the vast geographical region of China. It the oldest art in the world and has its origins in remote antiquity. (For the history of Chinese civilization, see China .) Early Periods Neolithic cultures produced many artifacts such as painted pottery, bon... Read more
Chou
Chou , dynasty of China, which ruled from c.1027 BC to 256 BC The pastoral Chou people migrated from the Wei valley NW of the Huang He c.1027 BC and overthrew the Shang dynasty. The Chou built their capital near modern Xi'an in 1027 BC and moved it to Luoyang in 770 BC Initially the Chou dominated... Read more
brocade
brocade , fabric, originally silk, generally reputed to have been developed to a high state of perfection in the 16th and 17th cent. in France, Italy, and Spain. In China the weaving of silk, which dates from the Shang dynasty, developed into complex patterns including moiré, damask, and broc... Read more
oracle bones
oracle bones bones used for divination by the Chinese during the Shang dynasty (traditionally c.1766 BC-c.1122 BC). Along with contemporary inscriptions on bronze vessels, these records of divination, which were incised on the shoulder blades of animals (mainly oxen) and on turtle shells, contain... Read more
Philip
Philip d. AD 34, tetrarch of Ituraea, son of Herod the Great. He was perhaps the ablest of the Herod dynasty. He is mentioned in the Gospel of St. Luke. ... Read more
Pyongyang
Pyongyang , Chin. Pingyang, Jap. Heijo, city (1993 pop. 2,741,260), capital of North Korea, SW North Korea, on a high bluff above the Taedong River. It is a special city with the status of province. Pyongyang, located near large iron and coal deposits, is a major industrial center; products incl... Read more
Karadjordjević
Karadjordjević or Karageorgevich , Serbian dynasty, descended from Karageorge (Karadjordje). Its ruling members were Alexander , prince of Serbia, and kings Peter I , Alexander , and Peter II of Yugoslavia. It was long involved in a feud with the Obrenović dynasty. The Karadjord... Read more
Herodians
Herodians , Jewish political party of the early 1st cent. AD, related to the dynasty of Herod . Some have supposed that they were largely Sadducees . In the New Testament the Herodians are referred to, with the Pharisees, as being in opposition to Jesus. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Shang Dynasty"

Shang
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Shang or Yin, dynasty of China, which ruled, according to...the Chou , who finally defeated the last Shang king, Shou. Archaeological remains at...along with later records) that the Shang had a complex agricultural civilization...
Shang Yang
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Shang Yang Shang Yang (ca. 390-338 B.C.) was a Chinese statesman and political...Chinese Legalism and organized the rise to power of the Ch'in dynasty. The real name of Shang Yang was Kung-sun Yang; he was also known as Wei Yang. He...
Chinese Dynasties
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Chinese Dynasties Chinese Dynasties Dynasty Characteristics and...of written symbols. Shang or Yin  c...1027 BC First historic dynasty. Complex agricultural...Series of barbarian dynasties ruled N China. Continued...
Wu Wang
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of the third Chinese dynasty, the Chou. He was the...forces that overthrew the Shang dynasty. The original...the final years of the Shang dynasty. Archeologists...beginning of the Chou dynasty. The traditional date...Having conquered the Shang by military might, Wu...
Chinese art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and jade. The Early Dynasties: Ritual Bronzes During the Shang dynasty (c.1750-1045...advanced culture in the Shang dynasty in the 2d millennium...development in the Shang, Chou , and Early Han dynasties. The adornment of...
Chinese Religions, History of Science and Religion in China
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...science in ancient China During the Shang dynasty (1766 – 1122 b.c.e...the divine ruler or lord on high ( Shang-ti ), and from heaven they could...century in Anyang in northern China, Shang-ti watches over human society and...
Chinese Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...second millennium B.C., during the late Shang Dynasty. However, according to recent archeological...final decades, was eventually conquered by a Shang king to the east who established the Shang Dynasty (1600-1100 B.C.). The Shang...
Chou Kung
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Duke of Chou, was born during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 B.C.). His original...Cultured King, had revolted against the Shang, and Chou kung's older brother...the Martial King, overthrew the Shang and established the Chou dynasty...
Oracle Bones
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...China, during that period of the Shang Dynasty, 1776-1122 B.C.E. Two primary...however, after the fall of the Shang Dynasty, the use of oracle bones...Sources: Chang, Kwang-Chih. Shang Civilization. New Haven, Conn...
Chinese mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Chinese mythology During the Shang dynasty, divination by means of animal bones...the spirit world. A supreme god, Shang Ti, ruled in heaven as Chinese sovereigns...earth. During the Zhou dynasty, Shang Ti was replaced by T'ien...

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Shang-ti
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...perhaps representing one supreme god or overlord. Ti were worshipped as deified ancestors of the Shang dynasty, and the Shang rulers worshipped Shang-ti—but the absence of a plural form makes it uncertain whether Shang-ti was one...
Shang
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Shang A dynasty that ruled China during part of the 2nd millennium BC, probably 16th...tortoise shells confirmed literary references to the existence of the Shang dynasty, which witnessed the perfection of the wheel, the use of chariots...
Dynasties, Chinese
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Dynasties, Chinese. Legendary dynasties are the Three Sovereigns, the Five Emperors. In Ancient China the dynasties are Hsia/Xia (uncertain dates); Shang (Yin) ( c. 1766–1123 BCE); Chou...
Chinese Thought
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...heroes was followed by the three dynasties — Xia (c. 2205...c. 1600 b.c.e.), Shang (c. 1600 – c...events in the early part of the Shang dynasty, mark the beginning of systematic...oracle bones inscriptions of the Shang and the bronze inscriptions...
Heaven and earth, sacrifices to
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...historically known period (late Shang dynasty, c. 1300–?1111 BCE), the high god was called Ti , or Shang-Ti . He dwelt in Heaven where he...called T'ien , which means Heaven. Shang-Ti and T'ien gradually became...
Oracle bones
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...of cattle which the Chinese of the Shang dynasty used for divination purposes. Priests...mentioned, most notably the high god Shang-ti and the gods of wind and of...important personages questioned in the Shang oracle bones were the ancestors .
Astrology: China
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...documents, the oracle-bone divinations of the late Shang dynasty (c. 13th to mid-11th b.c.e.); however, a...harvest, warfare, and the like. By the late Zhou dynasty (1046 – 256 b.c.e.) tianwen, "sky...
Bronze vessels
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Bronze vessels. Containers of food and drink for ritual use, produced from the Shang to the Chou dynasties in China. The bronzes are perhaps most famous for the so-called t'aot'ieh (‘ogre masks’), which...
Xia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...century– c. 16th century BC) The first dynasty to rule in China, according to tradition. It was...will be found, as the existence of China's second dynasty, the SHANG , was not verified until the 1920s.
China
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...4000 years ago, with the SHANG who settled in the Huang He...and rule by non-Chinese dynasties such as the YUAN . Under strong dynasties such as the HAN and the TANG...influence. Barbarian invaders and dynasties usually adopted Chinese cultural...about the end of the SONG dynasty. However, ...

Thesaurus entries related to "Shang Dynasty"

dynasty
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus dynasty • noun  the fourth king of the Shang dynasty synonyms : bloodline, line, ancestral line, lineage, house, family, ancestry, descent, succession, genealogy, family tree; regime, rule, reign, empire, sovereignty.

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Update 4-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage List
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/13/2006; 694 words ; Update 4-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage...The ruins of China's ancient Shang Dynasty capital in Anyang city, Henan...to place in the List the ruins of the Shang Dynasty capital as it regarded the site...
Update 5-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage List
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/13/2006; 700+ words ; Update 5-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage...The ruins of China's ancient Shang Dynasty capital in Anyang city, Henan...to place in the List the ruins of the Shang Dynasty capital as it regarded the site...
Update-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage List
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/13/2006; 323 words ; Update-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage...Xinhua) -- China's ruins of ancient Shang Dynasty capital in Anyang city, Henan...to place in the List the ruins of the Shang Dynasty capital as it regarded the site...
Update 1-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage List
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/13/2006; 398 words ; Update 1-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage...Xinhua) -- China's ruins of ancient Shang Dynasty capital in Anyang city, Henan...to place in the List the ruins of the Shang Dynasty capital as it regarded the site...
Update 3-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage List
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/13/2006; 551 words ; Update 3-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage...The ruins of China's ancient Shang Dynasty capital in Anyang city, Henan...to place in the List the ruins of the Shang Dynasty capital as it regarded the site...
Update 2-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage List
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/13/2006; 460 words ; Update 2-Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included into World Heritage...The ruins of China's ancient Shang Dynasty capital in Anyang city, Henan...to place in the List the ruins of the Shang Dynasty capital as it regarded the site...
Urgent: Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included in World Heritage List
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/13/2006; 235 words ; Urgent: Ruins of Shang Dynasty capital included in World Heritage List VILNIUS, Lithuania, July...Committee on Thursday unanimously agreed to put the ruins of the Shang Dynasty capital in Anyang city, in central China's Henan Province...
Xia, Shang, & Zhou Dynasties or China, 400 BCE-221 BCE -- Gobi Desert, Yellow River, Yin, Anyang, Hao, Luoyang, Erlitou, Ao, Yangzi River, Huang He, Chang Jiang, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Korea Map
Map from: Maps.com (Historical Maps); 1/1/2002; 159 words ; 00-00-0000 Xia, Shang, & Zhou Dynasties or China, 400 BCE-221 BCE -- Gobi Desert, Yellow River, Yin, Anyang, Hao, Luoyang, Erlitou, Ao, Yangzi River, Huang He, Chang Jiang, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Korea Map
Barbara Bennett Peterson. Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; Armonk and London: M. E. Sharpe, 2000. xxvi, 402 pp. Hardcover $74.95, ISBN 0-7656-0504-x. The editor-in-chief of the book under review was in the People's Republic of China in 1988-1989 as a Senior Fulbright Scholar. The idea of writing the book had occurred to her before she went to China, and it
Preserving ancient Shang capital
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 8/9/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...of the capital of the early Shang Dynasty, and their discovery...1600 BC) and the start of the Shang Dynasty," said historian Li, who...historical studies on the Xia, Shang and Zhou (1046 - 256 BC) dynasties. Ruins were found at the site...