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Where is the Yinxu Palace located?

Anyang City, Henan Province of China

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When was The Book of Songs created?

Pre-551 BC/BCE

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What is the longest river in Eurasia?

The Yangtze River

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What are oracle bones?

It's bones of ox shoulder blades and a turtles underside shell
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When were the first walls of the Great Wall of China built?

In the 7th century BC, during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 BC)

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How large is the Yinxu Palace?

30 square kilometers/19 miles rounded up
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What contents are include in The Book of Songs?

Folk Songs (Feng), Court Poems (Ya), and Hymns (Song)

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What is the 3rd largest drainage basin in China?

The Yellow River

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What were oracle bones used for?

While inscribed with questions and cracks, oracle bones were used to predict the future.

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When were the famous parts of the Great Wall of China built?

In the 14th century AD, during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD)

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How long was the time frame that the Yin Palace was the Shang Dynasty's capitol?

From 1600 - 1046 BC/BC; 554 years

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How many poems were in The Book of Songs?

305 poems, 54 included music

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How long is the Yangtze River?

3,915 miles/6300 kilometers long

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How many pieces of the oracle bones were discovered and found?

150,000 pieces of oracle bones were found in Anyang, China

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According to a Chinese legend, who discovered silk?

Hsi-Ling-Shi, who was the wife of Emperor Huang-ti

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Whose tomb was located in the Yinxu Palace?

Shang Dynasty member, Fu Hao

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What are the other names for The Book of Songs?

The Classic of Poetry and The Shijing

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Which river's middle course is longer? Yangtze River or Yellow River?

Yellow River; The middle course is 1800 miles/2896 kilometers long

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When and where was the first oracle bones found?

At the Ymir Ruins, in 1899

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According to a Chinese legend, when and where was silk discovered?

In Emperor Huang-ti's garden, during 2700 BC

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What's the English translation for Yinxu?

"The ruins of Yin"

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What were 3 of the themes inside The Book of Songs?

Love, Social Commentary, and Political Life

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What are the names of Yangtze River's 8 Principal Tribes?

Yalung, Min, Jialing, Han, Wu, Yuang, Xiang, and Gan

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What did the Chinese writing system start from?

Oracle Bones

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What is the book, "The Art of War" written about?

The book "The Art of War was written about battle strategy, which was written by a military strategist named Sun Tzu.

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