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Anyang, Province Henan Yinxu (Yin Ruins): Main Gate Shang Dynasty (ca. 1600-1046 BC) XIV-XI centuries BC |
Comments: Yin is one of the historical capitals of China and the first stable one (12 kings, 8 generations). This is the largest archaeological site is China (30 km²). It is famous as the original source of oracle bo- nes and oracle bone script, the earliest known form of Chinese writing. |
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