What happened c.1550 BCE


What cause the end of Shang civilization?

-The last King to rule the Shang civilization was killed at c.1150 BCE.Hence the dynasty of Shang ended. After that, the western Zhou dynasty ruled from 1027-771BCE. However the change or the dynasty did not result in ending the Shang civilization. Sadly at around 771BCE ,a group of people killed the Zhou king and his son had to move this capital eastward. Hence his dynasty was known as the Eastern Zhou dynasty(771-221BCE).

However, fighting between the people continued and hence the last 232 years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was known as the period of Warring States.During the period, the northern part of China was broken up into several competing kingdoms. Finally, in 221BCE a prince managed to unite these kingdoms to form the first Chinese empire under the Qing Dynasty (221-206 BCE)


This is an picture of a oracle bone.It is used by priest to tell the future as giving answers to questions and their answers carved onto the bones.