Xia dynasty

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The Xia dynasty is traditionally regarded as the first dynasty in Chinese history, preceding the Shang and marking the beginning of China’s dynastic era in legend and early historical records.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Chinese dynasty ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ
associatedLegend Great Yu controls the floods ⓘ
associatedWithArchaeologicalCulture Erlitou culture ⓘ
linked to: Erlitou site
capital Yangcheng ⓘ
Zhenxun ⓘ
chronologyBasis traditional Chinese historiography ⓘ
chronologyProject Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project ⓘ
coreArea middle and lower Yellow River valley ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalLegacy model of first hereditary dynasty in Chinese tradition ⓘ
culturalPeriod Bronze Age China ⓘ
downfallCause tyranny of Jie (traditional account) ⓘ
eraName Xia ⓘ
firstRuler Yu the Great ⓘ
followedBy Shang dynasty ⓘ
follows legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period ⓘ
founder Yu the Great ⓘ
governmentType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
historicalStatus disputed historicity ⓘ
semi-legendary ⓘ
language Old Chinese (hypothesized) ⓘ
linked to: Old Chinese
lastRuler Jie of Xia ⓘ
legitimizedBy Mandate of Heaven concept (retrospectively applied) ⓘ
mainRiver Yellow River ⓘ
mentionedIn Bamboo Annals ⓘ
Book of Documents ⓘ
Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ
Zuo Zhuan ⓘ
modernResearchIssue debate over archaeological identification ⓘ
question of historical existence ⓘ
notableEvent flood control projects attributed to Yu the Great ⓘ
notableRuler Jie of Xia ⓘ
Qi of Xia ⓘ
Yu the Great ⓘ
overthrownBy Cheng Tang ⓘ
partOf ancient Chinese history ⓘ
positionInChronology first dynasty in traditional Chinese history ⓘ
precededBy Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors ⓘ
linked to: Five Emperors
predecessorPolityType tribal confederations along Yellow River ⓘ
region Yellow River basin ⓘ
religion early Chinese ancestral and nature worship ⓘ
roleInHistoriography beginning of dynastic cycle in China ⓘ
successorState Shang dynasty ⓘ
traditionalEndYear c. 1600 BCE ⓘ
traditionalStartYear c. 2070 BCE ⓘ
writingSystem no securely identified script ⓘ

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Shang dynasty → follows → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Erlitou site → associatedWith → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Tang of Shang → predecessorState → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Ancient China → hasDynasty → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Shujing → historicalScope → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Yanshi → culturalPeriodRepresented → Xia dynasty (disputed, via Erlitou culture) ⓘ
linked to: Xia dynasty
Bamboo Annals → mainSubject → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Bamboo Annals → timePeriodCovered → Xia dynasty period ⓘ
linked to: Xia dynasty
Five Emperors → followedBy → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Yu the Great → associatedDynasty → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Jie of Xia → dynasty → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Tang of Shang → overthrew → Xia dynasty ⓘ
subject linked to: Taizu
Tang of Shang → predecessorState → Xia dynasty ⓘ
subject linked to: Taizu
Shang dynasty → predecessor → Xia dynasty ⓘ
subject linked to: Taizu
Queen Jiang → predecessorDynasty → Xia dynasty (as part of Shang historical context) ⓘ
linked to: Xia dynasty
Chinese civilization → hasDynasty → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Yangcheng → associatedWithDynasty → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Yangcheng → capitalOf → Xia dynasty (traditional attribution) ⓘ
linked to: Xia dynasty
Xia dynasty → hasChineseName → 夏朝 ⓘ
subject linked to: Xia
linked to: Xia dynasty
Qi of Xia → country → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Qi of Xia → dynasty → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Zhenxun → associatedWithDynasty → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Zhenxun → category → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Cheng Tang → predecessorState → Xia dynasty ⓘ
Cheng Tang → overthrew → Xia dynasty ⓘ
尚書 → periodCovered → Xia dynasty ⓘ