It began when its founder T'ang defeated king Chieh, a possible ruler of the Hsia kingdom.  
Much of our knowledge of it comes from inscriptions on animal bones and tortoise shells.  Its king also acted as a pries in a veneration of the chief god of the period, Di.  Its early history includes the introduction of bronze working from Iran and the movement of the capital from Zhengzhou to Anyang by its Yin nationality.  It began when its founder T'ang defeated king Chieh, a possible ruler of the Hsia kingdom.  Succeeded chief record the Yen ben Zhi, successful control of flooding on the Yangtze was first attained by by the Chou, FTP, name this first historical Chinese dynasty.
Much of our knowledge of it comes from inscriptions on animal bones and tortoise shells.  
Shang (PROMPT on either "Li" or "Yin.")