Narrator: The Shang military was a powerful highly organised ... At the Battle of Mingtiao, the Shang dynasty took control under Cheng Tang, the first Shang king. Shang soldiers often went to ...

Known for her military prowess and influential role ... culture and artistry of the Shang Dynasty. The carved scriptures record how Fu Hao rose from being a mother and a queen to the status ...

As the earliest-known established writing system for Chinese characters, Shang Dynasty oracle bone inscriptions ... historical geography, military warfare, and numerical divination.