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Development of early Chinese script: oracle bones to bronze inscriptions (c. 1250–1046 BCE)

1300 BCE - 1993

Confucius and the early Confucian movement (551–4th century BCE)

551 BCE - 100 BCE

Collapse of the Shang and the Zhou conquest (c. 1075–1046 BCE)

1100 BCE - 1039 BCE

Capital relocations of the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BCE)

1600 BCE - 1928

Bronze ritual vessels and styles in the Shang dynasty

1250 - 1999

Bronze casting technology and foundries in Shang China (c. 1600–1046 BCE)

1200 BCE - 2000

Bronze casting and inscribed bronzes in the Western Zhou (c.1046–771 BCE)

1046 BCE - 771 BCE

Anyang (Yin) archaeological excavations and timeline of major discoveries

1899 - 2025

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