/ 34.693; 112.689 The Erlitou culture (Chinese: 二里頭; pinyin: Èrlǐtóu) was an early Bronze Age society and archaeological culture. It existed in the Yellow...

2000 BC until the central area evolved into the Bronze Age Erlitou culture. The Longshan culture has been linked to the early Sinitic (of the Sino-Tibetan...

archaeological finds such as the Yuanmou Man. The Erlitou (c. 1900 – c. 1500 BCE) and Erligang cultures (c. 1600 – c. 1400 BCE) inhabiting the Yellow River...

of the earlier Erlitou culture, centered at 85 kilometers (53 mi) to the west of Zhengzhou. Erligang was the first archaeological culture in China to show...

least unsubstantiated, but others identify it with the archaeological Erlitou culture. According to the traditional chronology, based upon calculations by...

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the Yangshao culture (c. 5000–3000 BCE), the Longshan culture (c. 3000–2000 BCE) and the Erlitou culture (c. 1900–1500 BCE). These cultures are believed...

sites, including the area of the Erlitou culture in Yanshi, although there are differences between the two cultures. Among Predynastic Shang rulers Shang...

scholars that the Erlitou site about 20 km east of central Luoyang is identified as Zhenxun. Li, Liu (2008). "The Erlitou culture - searching for the...

area evolved into the Bronze Age Erlitou culture. The earliest bronze artifacts have been found in the Majiayao culture site (3100 to 2700 BC). Chinese...

site of the Erlitou culture was found in Yanshi, south of the Yellow River near Luoyang. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the Erlitou culture flourished...

site has been conclusively linked to the Xia dynasty. The Erlitou site shows Shang culture at its primitive stage, retaining apparently Neolithic features...

3000 BC) Dawenkou culture (4300 BC – 2400 BC) Longshan culture (3000 BC – 1900 BC) Erlitou culture (2000 BC – 1600 BC) Erligang culture (1600 BC – 1400...

Munkhkhairkhan to various Chinese cultures, such as the Qijia culture, Erlitou culture or Lower Xiajiadian culture, where very similar knives have been...

Erligang culture Erlitou culture History of China History of metallurgy in China Jinsha List of Bronze Age sites in China List of Neolithic cultures of China...

earlier walled city of the Erligang culture were discovered near Zhengzhou, and in 1959 the site of the Erlitou culture was found in Yanshi, south of the...

may have sparked the beginning of the first Chinese dynasty (Xia, Erlitou culture) 1913 BC – 1903 BC: Egyptian-Nubian war. 1910 BC - Call of Abraham...

archaeological sites in this area. The Erlitou culture (1900–1500 BC) was discovered in Yanshi in 1959. Erlitou is the name of the modern village nearby;...

for the tribes to unite into a single kingdom by around 1700 BCE (Erlitou culture, a Yellow River civilization) was the desire to find a solution to...

polities begin to emerge along the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. The Erlitou culture in the central plains of China is sometimes identified with the Xia...

Chinese Bronze Age as c. 2000 – c. 771 BC, a period that begins with the Erlitou culture and ends abruptly with the disintegration of Western Zhou rule. There...

Siberian Munkhkhairkhan culture to various Chinese cultures, such as the Qijia culture, Erlitou culture or Lower Xiajiadian culture, where very similar knives...

the culture into five phases, corresponding with the late stage of the Longshan culture, the early, middle and late stages of the Erlitou culture, and...

of Chinese civilization throughout the Stone Age. After the rise of Erlitou culture (1900 to 1500 BC), Zhongyuan entered the Bronze Age. The emergence...

ancestors. The earliest recovered examples are pre-Shang ceramic ding at the Erlitou site, but they are better known from the Chinese Bronze Age, particularly...

Armenia by Hayk. 2055 BC: The Middle Kingdom begins in Egypt. 1900 BC: Erlitou culture begins in China. c. 1850 BC: Alphabetic writing emerges. 1800 BC: The...

collapse. In 1958, archaeologists discovered sites belonging to the Erlitou culture that existed during the early Bronze Age; they have since been characterized...

Pingliangtai, a site of the Longshan Culture. Similar tracks were also found at Yanshi, a city of the Erlitou culture, dating to around 1700 BCE. The earliest...

The Hemudu culture (5500 BC to 3300 BC) was a Neolithic culture that flourished just south of the Hangzhou Bay in Jiangnan in modern Yuyao, Zhejiang, China...