Attempts At Chronological Dating
The Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project, a broad Chinese academic enquiry, published results in 2000 placing Zu Ding as a contemporary of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten — the latter's reign beginning later than Zu Ding's, but both terminating in the mid-1330s BCE.
| Zu Ding Shang Dynasty | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Wo Jia |
King of China | Succeeded by Nan Geng |
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