Xia
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Xia was the legendary first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography, traditionally dated to the early Bronze Age and often regarded as the beginning of Chinese dynastic civilization.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age polity
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legendary dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedArchaeologicalCulture | Erlitou culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Yangcheng
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhenxun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| coreRegion |
Henan region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
middle Yellow River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Bamboo Annals
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Documents NERFINISHED ⓘ Classic of Rites NERFINISHED ⓘ Records of the Grand Historian NERFINISHED ⓘ Zuo Zhuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
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bronze metallurgy (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 16th century BCE ⓘ |
| evidenceType | mainly textual sources ⓘ |
| followedBy | Shang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChineseName | 夏朝 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | origin point of Chinese dynastic cycle concept ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentForm | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hasLastRuler | Jie of Xia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegendaryFounder | Yu the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalElement | Great Flood control by Yu the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRuler |
Kong Jia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qi of Xia NERFINISHED ⓘ Shao Kang NERFINISHED ⓘ Taikang NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiang of Xia NERFINISHED ⓘ Yu the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhongkang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicity | disputed ⓘ |
| includedIn | traditional Chinese historiography ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Old Chinese (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod |
Erlitou culture period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Bronze Age ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | Tang of Shang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regardedAs | beginning of Chinese dynastic civilization ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 21st century BCE ⓘ |
| traditionalStatus | first dynasty in Chinese history ⓘ |
| writingSystem | unknown ⓘ |
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