Ep. 15 | The Shang Dynasty

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2010

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This week in part two of our dynasty overview, we examine the Shang Dynasty 1600 BC to 1046 BC. Chinese characters make their appearance for the first time. Artisans cast the most beautiful bronzes. Because of the discovery of archaeological evidence, many consider this China’s first real dynasty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Greetings everyone around the world in 50 countries.
0:32.0	Laslma Montgomery, once again with another China History Podcast episode.
0:37.0	We're going to explore the Scheng Dynasty today.
0:41.0	If the Schea Dynasty, which we discussed in the last podcast, was a legendary dynasty, then we could call the
0:47.0	shung a semi-legendary dynasty.
0:49.7	The Shah and Shung have a lot in common.
0:52.0	They both have legendary beginnings that start with a virtuous
0:54.9	and great leader who is beloved by the people. Then you have the succession and then a lot of
1:00.1	blank spots. Then in the end you had a wicked tyrant who was hated by the people and ultimately
1:05.4	overthrown. The Shah had Emperor Gia, the Shah had Emperor Jia, the Shah had D'Shin, who went down in history as Joh Shin.
1:14.0	I'm jumping way ahead, but just trying to show you how both dynasties had similar rises and falls.
1:19.4	Unlike the Shah, which made a slow and steady march downhill, the Shang had a great revival two-thirds of the way into the dynastic period.
1:28.0	And it's really the last couple centuries of the Shang that's particularly interesting.
1:32.0	The Shang definitely has a lot more to hang
1:34.6	on to than the shia. Even to this day the great historiographers, archaeologists, and scientists
1:40.9	China has to offer are still analyzing the treasure
1:44.4	trove of shung artifacts that continue to be unearthed even to this day. Already
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