Peak of Yinxu (Anyang) and Tomb of Queen Fu Hao
1250 BCE
Reign of Wu Ding and unlooted tomb of Fu Hao, queen and general, displaying Shang artistic heights.
Sources and References
Zheng Zhenxiang, Yinxu Fu Hao Mu (Publishing House of Science, 1980)
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Ancient China clusterXia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han: writing, philosophy, unification and the Silk Road.
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