The Golden Age of China, the time that China developed significantly, ruling as a successful society, was the time that the Shang dynasty ruled, from about 1700 BC to around 1050 BC. The Xia Dynasty is assumed to have ruled before it, but the earliest ruins and artifacts found are from the Shang Dynasty’s time, making the Shang people the earliest definite Chinese society members. This dynasty truly was golden, as its government, technology, language, and general ways of society influenced future…
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