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Encyclopedia > Yin (city)

Yin is said to be the last capital of the Chinese Shang Dynasty (1600 BC - 1046 BC).


Excavations suggest that this city was located on the site of present-day Anyang, in Henan province.


See also: Yinxu


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Huai-yin --  Encyclopædia Britannica (824 words)
Huai-yin is an important city and canal port on the Grand Canal, located at the point where (until 1853) it crossed the lower course of the Huang Ho.
The city is located near the western bank of the upper course of the Huang Ho, near the western end of the Great Wall of China in the south-central section of the Ho-lan Mountains and Ordos Desert.
Yin and yang mean literally the “dark side” and the “sunny side” of a hill.
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