
Vol 2 Ep 30 - Ancient China: Shang dynasty
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The Oracles of the Shang Dynasty
As the capital city became larger and more prosperous, the shang dynasty would spread down the yellow river to the historical site of mount ti. The sit is well known to day as one of the most important religious centres of chinese history. It could be the case that the shang brought religious worship to mount ti, but we really don't have anything to verify that. Another capital city of the shang is yin further back up river. But it was also ultimately the last capital of theshang dynasty, which will come back to later. We have discovered the lost wax technique of bronze casting - where a wax dummy of the object is created before being melted out of a clay casing
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