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CHINESE CIVILIZATION,  China experienced a rich bronze age civilization.,  Complete characteristics of bronze age appeared in china during Shang, period.,  Shang civilization have the features like:,  Advanced Bronze metallurgy.,  Urban settlements with monumental buildings.,  A hierarchical society.,  A political-religious state.,  Shang dynasty largely worshipped ancestors.,  Bronze age in China generally begin with Erlitou.,  The site of Erlitou discovered by Xu Xasheng in 1959.,  The earliest bronze object found at Erlitou.,  The Erlitou culture lasted from about 1900-1500B.C.,  Erligang culture lasted from 1600-1300B.c.,  Developed bronze metallurgy found at Erligang.,  Main bronze age site in China was Anyang in the Henan province.,  Anyang, was capital city of Shang dynasty.,  The site Anyang have the remains of monumental palace-temple, compounds, huge burial sites, and bronze casting workshops.,  Evidence of the earliest Chinese writing system came from Anyang.,  Two river systems which helps to develop a bronze age civilization were:,  Yellow or Huang-Ho river.,  Yangzi or Changjiang.