It's part of the story about the end of one Chinese dynasty - the Shang - and the beginning of another one - the Zhou. The Shang Dynasty had seen the growth of China's first large cities.

It's part of the story about the end of one Chinese dynasty - the Shang - and the beginning of another one - the Zhou. The Shang Dynasty had seen the growth of China's first large cities.

According to Chinese tradition ... the Shang Dynasty was facing encroachments from several states to the west, the most formidable of which was the State of Zhou. The initiator of the Zhou ...