{"slug": "shang-dynasty", "label": "Shang dynasty", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang_dynasty", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128938", "qid": "Q128938", "description": "the first ancient Chinese dynasty to leave historical records (1600-1046 BC); the empire ruled by this dynasty", "entries": 12, "years": 12, "span": [-1765, 1990], "span_label": ["1766 BCE", "1990 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "zhou-dynasty", "label": "Zhou dynasty", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "monarch", "label": "Monarch", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "boston", "label": "Boston", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "massachusetts", "label": "Massachusetts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "history-of-china", "label": "History of China", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1765, "year_label": "1766 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1766 BC: Shang conquest of the Xia dynasty. China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1599, "year_label": "1600 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "1600 BC—Shang dynasty instituted in China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1268941907#Events_and_trends", "title": "1600s BC (decade)", "revid": 1268941907, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1349, "year_label": "1350 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "1350 BC – Yin becomes the new capital of Shang dynasty China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151220#Events_and_trends", "title": "1350s BC", "revid": 1307151220, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1249, "year_label": "1250 BCE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "c. 1250 BC—Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty, and earliest archaeologically confirmed Chinese monarch begins his reign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151235#Events_and_trends", "title": "1250s BC", "revid": 1307151235, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1191, "year_label": "1192 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "c. 1192 BC—Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty, dies in the fifty-ninth year of his reign, and is succeeded by his son Zu Geng.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307151245#Events_and_trends", "title": "1190s BC", "revid": 1307151245, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1099, "year_label": "1100 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "c. 1100 BC—The Shang dynasty ends in China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326025239#Events_and_trends", "title": "1100s BC (decade)", "revid": 1326025239, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1049, "year_label": "1050 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "c. 1050 BC—The Shang dynasty ends in ancient China and is replaced by the Zhou dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296833728#Events_and_trends", "title": "1050s BC", "revid": 1296833728, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1045, "year_label": "1046 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1046 BC—Following the Battle of Muye, King Wu of Zhou overthrows the Shang dynasty under the Chinese King Di Xin, and establishes the Zhou dynasty (1046 BC–256 BC).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296833763#Events_and_trends", "title": "1040s BC", "revid": 1296833763, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1041, "year_label": "1042 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "c. 1042 BC—Beginning of the Rebellion of the Three Guards. 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