Bronzes of Sanxingdui
Giant masks show early China was more than one civilization
In Sichuan, the distinctive Sanxingdui culture cast huge bronze masks and statues unlike anything from the Shang. Its finds showed that early China was not a single Yellow River civilisation.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Middle East
- c. 1184 BC Trojan War — 16 years later
Americas
- c. 1200 BC Rise of Olmec San Lorenzo — same year
Alive at the time
- Fu Hao (aged 40)