Modern historians aren’t sure if the Xia Dynasty was real that’s why Shang Dynasty is considered by many historians to be China’s first dynasty. One of the reasons why modern historians don’t believe that Xia was real was because the cities assigned to Xia Dynasty could be from Shang dynasty due to the fact that the Shang dynasty built so many cities. The Shang Dynasty controlled more than 40,000 square miles of China’s territory and it lasted for 600 years or so. The Shang dynasty is considered to be the foundation of Chinese culture and civilization. Because of the Yellow River banks during the Shang dynasty the economic grew better which allow them to stay in power for so long. The Shang dynasty believe in the mandate of heaven which means
