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Shang dynasty: Shang dynasty, the first recorded Chinese dynasty for which there is both documentary and archaeological evidence. The Shang dynasty was the reputed successor to the quasi-legendary first dynasty, the Xia (c. 2070âc. 1600 bce). The dates given for the founding of the Shang dynasty vary from about
Before the 20th century, the Zhou dynasty (1046â256 BC) was the earliest Chinese dynasty that could be verified from its own records. However, during the Song dynasty (960â1279 AD), antiquarians collected bronze ritual vessels attributed to the Shang era, some of which bore inscriptions.n Japan and Korea, the Shang are still referred to almost exclusively as the Yin (In) dynasty. However it seems to have been a Zhou name for the earlier dynasty. The word does not appear in the oracle bones, which refer to the state as ShÄng (å), and the capital as Dayi DÃ yÃ¬ (shÄng å¤§éå Great Settlement). shang