Many of the current Chinese characters can be dated to the Shang Dynasty around 1500 BC. The Chinese have used several calendar types over time but the earliest can also be traced to the Shang Dynasty. The Han calendar began in 104 BC.
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Chinese was not the first written language; Sumerian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs are considered some of the earliest forms of writing dating back to around 3000 BCE. Chinese writing emerged around 1200 BCE during the Shang Dynasty in China.
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The earliest written language associated with the Huang He (Yellow River) region is Oracle Bone Script, used during the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BCE) in ancient China. This script was inscribed on animal bones or turtle shells for divination purposes.