This grid-like pattern reflects the urban planning during the Shang Dynasty and is characteristic of modern cities. Previously, archaeologists excavated remains of numerous roads and ditches in Yin.

The Shang Dynasty ruled part of China between 1600 BC and 1046 BC. What happened to the dynasty? Why did it end? What was it like to live in the Shang Dynasty? How was life in the Shang Dynasty ...

They are one of our main sources of information about the Shang Dynasty, who ruled part of China ... gives us a tour of one of the first known cities: Uruk in what became modern-day Iraq.

In 2010, a bronze, owl-shaped vessel was unearthed within a Chinese tomb at the Daxinzhuang Ruins in Jinan, Shandong province. The vessel contained a clear liquid dating back over 3,000 years.