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1300 BC| c. 1300 BC | China [administration] | The great city of the Shang dynasty in China – Anyang on the Huan River, north of the Huang He – is founded. This is the last of seven capitals of the Shang dynasty. Archaeological digging has shown that the traditional claim for a great city is justified, and that a brilliant but barbaric culture exists for two and a half centuries. | | 1300 BC | China [astronomy] | The Shang dynasty in China establishes the solar year at 365 ¼ days. The calendar consists of 12 months of 30 days each, with intercalary months added to adjust the lunar year to the solar. | | c. 1300 BC | China [language studies] | The first Chinese writing appears. About 2,000 characters of three kinds – pictographs, ideograms, and phonograms – are used to make oracular inscriptions on bone and tortoise shell. | | c. 1300 BC | China [everyday life] | The people of the Chinese Shang dynasty demonstrate skill in architecture (with rammed earth buildings) and ceramics (with near-porcelain) at their capital, Anyang. The dynasty sees the start of the Bronze Age, with the development of bronze-casting techniques which enable the manufacture of a variety of urns or chalices, probably for use in religious services, each type having a different function. A sophisticated range of skills, including writing, chariot construction, and specialized forms of divination are to be found at this time. | | c. 1300 BC | Greece [other structures] | Tholoi, dry-stone beehive-shaped tombs, are built outside the walls of Mycenae, Greece, demonstrating considerable architectural skill in their construction. Grave goods include engraved gems, ivories, and decorated pottery. |
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