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[[File:Taotie.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A bronze ''[[ding]]'' from the Shang Dynasty (11th c. BCE). Santa Barbara Museum of Art]]
[[File:Taotie.JPG|right|thumb|400px|A bronze ''[[ding]]'' from the Shang Dynasty (11th c. BCE). Santa Barbara Museum of Art]]
*''Dates: c. 1750-1100 BCE?''
*''Dates: c. 1750-1045 BCE?''
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 商 ''(Shang / Shou)''
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 商 ''(Shang / Shou)''
Other archaeological finds, at sites such as Xingan in [[Jiangxi province]] and at Sanxingdui in southwestern China, have uncovered examples of bronzes which scholars say were clearly not made by Shang artisans, nor are mere copies of Shang creations. Whether these other cultures learned the technology of bronze-smelting and casting from the Shang or developed it independently is unclear, but these finds do seem to be good evidence that the Shang were not the only bronze-making cultures in the region (or, at least, not for long).<ref>Schirokauer, et al, 15.</ref>
Other archaeological finds, at sites such as Xingan in [[Jiangxi province]] and at Sanxingdui in southwestern China, have uncovered examples of bronzes which scholars say were clearly not made by Shang artisans, nor are mere copies of Shang creations. Whether these other cultures learned the technology of bronze-smelting and casting from the Shang or developed it independently is unclear, but these finds do seem to be good evidence that the Shang were not the only bronze-making cultures in the region (or, at least, not for long).<ref>Schirokauer, et al, 15.</ref>
The Shang fell around 1045 BCE to the armies of [[King Wu of Zhou]], who came from the west. Even after the fall of the Shang, the descendants of its rulers maintained the lineage and a certain degree of cohesiveness, territory, and power, and continued to perform sacrifices to their royal ancestors, praying for liberation from the Zhou invaders/overlords.<ref>Schirokauer, 18.</ref>
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