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SHANG DYNASTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Shang dynasty mean?
• SHANG DYNASTY (noun)
The noun SHANG DYNASTY has 1 sense:
1. the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC
Familiarity information: SHANG DYNASTY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Shang; Shang dynasty
Hypernyms ("Shang dynasty" is a kind of...):
dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)
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