People of the Shang Dynasty begin using oracle bones for divination
Oracle bones are pieces of ox scapula or turtle plastron, which were used for pyromancy, a form of divination, in ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty.
East Asia
The Shang Dynasty comes to power in China
The Shang dynasty is the earliest dynasty of traditional Chinese history supported by archaeological evidence.
The Xia Dynasty becomes first government and first dynasty in China
The Xia Dynasty (c. 2070-1600 B.C.E.) was the first government to emerge in ancient China and became the first to adhere to the policy of dynastic succession.
Longshan culture emerges in modern-day China
The Longshan also sometimes referred to as the Black Pottery Culture, was a late Neolithic culture in the middle and lower Yellow River valley areas of northern China from about 3000 to 1900 B.C.E.
Feng shui developed in ancient China
Originating in China almost 6,000 years ago, Feng Shui, also referred to as “Geomancy”, literally means “wind” (Feng) and “water” (Shui).
Humans of the Yangshao period in China produce silk for the first time
According to Confucian text, the discovery of silk production dates to about 2700 B.C.E., although archaeological records point to silk cultivation as early as the Yangshao period (5000-3000 B.C.E.).
Humans settle on the Macau Peninsula for the first time
The human history of Macau stretches back up to 6,000 years, and includes many different and diverse civilizations and periods of existence. Evidence of human and culture dating back 4,000 to 6,000 years has been discovered on the Macau Peninsula and dating back 5,000 years on Coloane Island.
Humans of the Hemudu Culture in ancient China invent rowing oars
Wooden oars, with canoe-shaped pottery, dating from 5000-4500 B.C.E. have been discovered in a Hemudu culture site at Yuyao, Zhejiang, in modern China.
Humans domesticate chickens for the first time, possibly in modern-day China
Scholars agree that they were first domesticated from a wild form called red junglefowl, a bird that still runs wild in most of southeast Asia, most likely hybridized with the gray junglefowl.