Event · Unread oracle bone characters

The Zhou conquest ends the Anyang divination archive

The last Shang king, Di Xin, falls to the Zhou; the radiocarbon model puts the end of the Anyang sequence at about 1041 BC and Western Zhou divination bones are few.

Cites 1

Radiocarbon Dating of Oracle Bones of Late Shang Period in Ancient China

SRC

Happened to 1

The unread oracle bone characters

MYS

At 1

Yinxu (Xiaotun, Anyang), Henan

Place

PLC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The Zhou conquest ends the Anyang divination archive [Event EVT0DEDMSWEHPTT]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDMSWEHPTT

@misc{mysteriesdept_evt0dedmswehptt,
  title     = {The Zhou conquest ends the Anyang divination archive},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Event, catalog key EVT0DEDMSWEHPTT},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDMSWEHPTT}
}