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  Anyang, Province Henan, China
Yinxu (Yin Ruins): Main Gate
Shang Dynasty (ca. 1600-1046 BC)
XIV-XI centuries BC
Comments: Yin is one of the historical capitals of China and the first
stable one (12 kings, 8 generations). This is the largest archaeological
site is China (30 km²). It is famous as the original source of oracle bo-
nes and oracle bone script, the earliest known form of Chinese writing.
 
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