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An·yang  (änyäng)
1. A city of eastern China north-northeast of Zhengzhou. It was a capital of the Shang dynasty and one of the earliest centers of Chinese civilization. Population: 561,000.
2. A city of northwest South Korea, a suburb of Seoul. Population: 612,000.
Anyang [ˈɑːnˈjɑːŋ]
n
(Placename) a town in E China, in Henan province: archaeological site and capital of the Shang dynasty. Pop.: 527 982 (1999 est.)


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[dagger]) HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza; WD, wood duck; LG, laughing gull; Anyang, A/Duck Meat/Anyang/01; Mongolia, A/Whooper Swan/Mongolia/244/05.
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Peter Hessler's rich and varied new study of China takes its title from the discovery, in 1899, around the ancient city of Anyang, of so-called oracle bones, three thousand years old.
The Long March by Clifford, Nicholas / Commonweal
Three massive ritual wine containers from the Anyang period (about 1300-1050 BC) of the Shang dynasty, a bronze bell of late Western Zhou pedigree (about 1050-771 BC), archaic weapons dating from between the fifth and third centuries BC, and a western Han crossbow trigger with gold and silver inlay are among the other gifts.
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