Their last capital, at Anyang on the Yellow River in north China ... But nonetheless, the Zhou Dynasty lasted for as long as the Roman Empire, and indeed longer than any other dynasty in Chinese ...

The Zhou kings ... who had prevented flooding in the Yellow River by building draining channels. Yu is therefore credited with founding the Xia Dynasty, as upon his death, he was succeeded ...

Narrator: The Shang dynasty was located near the Yellow River. The river made the land ... defeated in a great battle by Wu of Zhou. The earliest known Chinese writing was also found there ...