WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT CHINA

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Where did the Shang Dynasty form?
A
Beijing
B
Shanghai
C
Yang
D
Gangzouh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first Shang ruler supposedly founded a new capital for his dynasty at a town called Shang, near modern-day Zhengzhou, a city of 2.6 million people in eastern China’s Henan Province.

Detailed explanation-2: -Zhou dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization Chou, dynasty that ruled ancient China for some eight centuries, establishing the distinctive political and cultural characteristics that were to be identified with China for the next two millennia.

Detailed explanation-3: -1046 BC) or Battle of the Mu was a battle fought in ancient China between the rebel Zhou state and the reigning Shang dynasty. The Zhou army, led by Wu of Zhou, defeated the defending army of King Di Xin of Shang at Muye and captured the Shang capital Yin, ending the Shang dynasty.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chinese refer to the Yellow river as “the Mother River” and “the Cradle of Chinese Civilization". That is because the Yellow River was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilizations in the Xia (2100–1600 BC) and Shang (1600–1046 BC) eras-the most prosperous region in early Chinese history.

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