Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Shang Dynasty Map

The Shang Dynasty Map

By Georgia Conley




The Shang dynasty was located under the Yellow River. All of the knowledge about the geography of Shang was from the traditional historiography of the yin.The Yellow River is the most important geographic feature that the Shang dynasty had. It is the second largest river in China right after the Yangtze.The Yellow River was the basis of civilization. The yellow river effected the Shang dynasty because it was a good source of water to be able to trade on. This gave the people of the Shang dynasty an advantage to trade. The yellow river is the most important geographic feature in the Shang Dynasty.

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