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1600 BCE - 1046 BCE: Writing develops in China during the Shang Dynasty.
1600 BCE - 1046 BCE: Shang Dynasty in China.
1300 BCE: The Chinese Shang dynasty moves its capital to Yin (modern Anyang).
1250 BCE - 1150 BCE: The I-Ching, the Book of Changes, is written.
1250 BCE - 1192 BCE: Reign of the great Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty in China.
1250 BCE - 1046 BCE: Oracle Bones in use in China during the Shang Dynasty.
1046 BCE: Battle of Mue, Shang Emperor Zhou defeated by King Wu of Zhou. End of the Shang Dynasty.
1046 BCE - 771 BCE: Western Zhou dynasty replaces the Shang Dynasty in China.