Ihe ndekọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke China mbụ amara ama ama sitere na mmalite dị ka 1250 BC, site na usoro ndị eze Shang (ihe dị ka 1600–1046 BC), n'oge ọchịchị eze Wu Ding, onye akpọrọ aha dị ka eze iri abụọ na otu nke Shang site n'otu aka ahụ. Ederede akụkọ ihe mere eme oge ochie dị ka Akwụkwọ nke Documents (isi mmalite, narị afọ nke 11 BC), Bamboo Annals (c. 296 BC) na Records of the Grand Historian (c. 91 BC) kwuru ma kọwaa usoro eze Xia (c. 2070). -1600 BC) tupu Shang, mana ọ nweghị ederede amataghị site na oge ahụ, na ihe odide Shang egosighi ịdị adị nke Xia. Shang chịrị na ndagwurugwu Yellow River, nke a na-ewerekarị dị ka ebe mmalite nke mmepeanya ndị China. Agbanyeghị, mmepeanya Neolithic sitere na ebe ọdịnala dị iche iche n'akụkụ Osimiri Yellow na Osimiri Yangtze . Ndị a Yellow River na Yangtze mmepeanya bilitere puku afọ tupu Shang.