The following was written of the reign of Emperor Zhou (the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty, enthroned 1154 B.C. – 1122 B.C.): “With a pool of wine and a forest of hanging meats, men and ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s engaging “Recasting the Past” exhibition looks at the antiquarian spirit in China since the ...

Narrator: The people of the Shang Dynasty believed in lots of gods ... Shangdi ruled other gods and only the emperors could access Shangdi through the souls of their royal ancestors.

The Emperor is the head of our Empire ... They are one of our main sources of information about the Shang Dynasty, who ruled part of China about 3,500 years ago. We have also found lots of ...

As the earliest-known established writing system for Chinese characters, Shang Dynasty oracle bone inscriptions ... united China and became the first Chinese emperor, Qinshihuang, in 221 BC.