Foundations of Eastern Civilization. Episode 5, The Shang and Writing for the Gods
(2019, original release: 2013)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2013
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6808618
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

In this second lecture on the Shang dynasty, learn about the enigmatic "oracle bones" and the origins of Chinese writing. Then turn to the Shang society's social organization, religious practices, and cosmology, and find out how one of the core cultural and philosophical beliefs of Eastern civilization - the concept of yin and yang - emerged during the Shang dynasty

Film

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Craig G. Benjamin

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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