The Shang Dynasty Is Especially Useful for Historians Because It

question 21

Multiple Choice

The Shang Dynasty is especially useful for historians because it

• A) produced the first written sources, which provide much of what is known about early Chinese civilization.
• B) left a large repository of agricultural artifacts.
• C) was the first legitimate dynasty.
• D) drained the flood waters that made farming possible.
• E) it produced the world's first historian in Sima Qian.

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