The Shang dynasty (Chinese: 商朝; pinyin: Shāng cháo), also known as the Yin dynasty (Chinese: 殷代; pinyin: Yīn dài), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled...

The state religion of the Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC) involved trained practitioners communicating with deified beings, including deceased ancestors...

China, the Shang dynasty (c. 1600 - 1046 BCE), developed a polytheistic religion that focused on worshipping spiritual beings. The dynasty developed a...

afterward coalesce or absorb each other. The Shang pronunciation of "Di" is reconstructed as *têks. The Shang dynasty designed 23 versions of Di, all based on...

to him. In traditional historiography, the Xia was succeeded by the Shang dynasty. There are no contemporaneous records of the Xia, who are not mentioned...

name given to Di Xin of Shang (商帝辛; Shāng Dì Xīn) or King Shou of Shang (商王受; Shāng Wáng Shòu), the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China. He is...

as, in English, Tai Yi (太乙) or Da Yi (大乙), was the first king of the Shang dynasty. Traditionally considered a virtuous ruler, as signified with the common...

kings of the Shang dynasty, beginning with Wu Ding in the second half of 13th century BC and ending with the overthrow of the Shang by the Zhou in the...

both the Shang dynasty and its final capital, the name Yīn (殷) appears to have not been used in this way until the succeeding Zhou dynasty. In particular...

King Zhou of Shang at the Battle of Muye, marking the beginning of the Zhou dynasty. The Zhou enfeoffed a member of the defeated Shang royal family as...