The Shang Dynasty
Timeline
- 1766 BCE- Shang dynasty begins when King Tang takes over Xia
- 1737 BCE- King Tang's son succeeds him
- 1700 BCE- Middle Stone Age begins and war chariots are developed; Religion occurs in the form of oracle bones
- 1300 BCE- Pan Geng takes reign
- 1200 BCE- King Wuding rules and takes the Shang Dynasty to its peak; King Wuding's wife dies and she is put in a tomb with treasures for the afterlife
- 1150 BCE- King Wuding passes and the Shang Dynasty enters an immediate decline
- 1046 BCE- Slaves revolt against high taxes of government; Di Xin, the last Shang king, is overthrown by the zhou emperor Wu Wang