shang dynasty

1. 1.

   the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC

   SynonymsShang

   Broaderdynasty

Questions about shang dynasty

What does shang dynasty mean?

shang dynasty means "the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC".

What is another word for shang dynasty?

Close synonyms include Shang. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shang dynasty a common word?

shang dynasty is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.