The Shang dynasty   or Yin dynasty , according to traditional historiography, ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Zhou dynasty.  The classic account of the Shang comes from texts such as the Classic of History, Bamboo Annals and Records of the Grand Historian.  According to the traditional chronology based upon calculations made approximately 2,000 years ago by Liu Xin, the Shang ruled from 1766 BC to 1122 BC, but according to the chronology based upon the "current text" of Bamboo Annals, they ruled from 1556 BC to 1046 BC. The Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project dated them from c. 1600 BC to 1046 BC. At its peak 1122 BC it covered an area of 1,250,000 km2.

Question: How many years did the Shang rule from according to Lui Xin?
Answer: 644

Question: How many years did the Shang rule from according to Bamboo Annals?
Answer: 510

Question: How many years did the Shang rule according to the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project?
Answer: 554

Question: Which ruled first, the Yin dynasty, or the Xia dynasty?
Answer: Xia dynasty

Question: Which ruled first, the Shang dynasty, or the Zhou dynasty?
Answer: Shang dynasty

Question: How many years did the Shang rule?
Answer: 644

Question: What happened first: Yin dynasty or Xia dynasty?
Answer: Yin dynasty

Question: What happened second: Yin dynasty or Xia dynasty?
Answer: Xia dynasty

Question: What happened first: Shang dynasty or Zhou dynasty?
Answer: Shang dynasty

Question: What happened second: Shang dynasty or Zhou dynasty?
Answer: Zhou dynasty

Question: Which two chronologies give the same end date for the Shang dynasty?
Answer: Bamboo Annals

Question: How many years do the Bamboo Annals and the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project differ by for the length of the Shang dynasty?
Answer: 4

Question: What dynasty came after the Shang Dynasty?
Answer: Zhou dynasty