Narrator: The people of the Shang Dynasty believed in lots of gods, including the gods of wind, clouds, the Sun and the moon. Wheat Collector: Praise to the gods, all of them. Narrator: Shang Di ...

Not only were historians able to confirm the genealogies and sequence of Shang kings from the oracle bones, they also learned a great deal about Shang society and beliefs.

The archaeological site of Yin Xu, close to Anyang City, some 500 km south of Beijing, is an ancient capital city of the late Shang Dynasty (1300 - 1046 BC). It testifies to the golden age of early ...