Narrator: The Shang dynasty was located near the Yellow River. The river made the land good for growing crops and food ... The last Shang king was Di Xin, defeated in a great battle by Wu of Zhou. The ...

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 ...

a Qing Dynasty [1644-1911] official during his tenure in Kaifeng, Henan Province), the Sanmenxia Dam (which was the first dam on the Yellow River) and the Luokou hydrological station, one of major ...