Did China find evidence of the existence of the Xia Dynasty?

China found evidence of the existence of the Xia Dynasty. Erlitou site is the site of Xia Dynasty discovered in China.

Erlitou site, a national key cultural relics protection unit, is one of the first six key cities in the Chinese civilization exploration project. The site is located in yanshi city in the east of Luoyang Basin. The most abundant cultural remains in the site belong to Erlitou culture, which is about 3800 to 3500 years ago, equivalent to Xia and Shang Dynasties in ancient documents.

The site is adjacent to Guluo River in the south, Mangshan Mountain in the north and Yellow River in the back, covering three natural villages, Erlitou, Gedandou and Sijiaolou, with an area of not less than 3 square kilometers.

/kloc-0 In the summer of 959, Mr. Xu, a famous archaeologist in China, led a team to investigate the "Summer Site" in the Western Regions, and found the Erlitou Site, which opened the prelude to the exploration of Xia culture.

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As the first dynasty in China, the Xia Dynasty established a perfect military system.

The army of Xia Dynasty was a full-time combat tool invented to maintain its rule. Before summer, the fighting between tribes and tribal alliances was undertaken by young people within tribes. After the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, a unified tribe was formed in the Central Plains and state institutions appeared. Therefore, it is essential to establish a full-time combat team.

In order to protect the interests of the slave owners and nobles, the rulers of Xia Dynasty established the slave owners' army, and the primitive military system also came into being. The army of Xia Dynasty was controlled by Wang Xia. In the battle of Gansu (Gansu now Huxian West, Shaanxi Province), which established Kay's dominant position, Kay demanded that all combatants strictly carry out orders and reward those who fought bravely and carried out orders, otherwise they would be punished. The army in the Xia Dynasty was disciplined.

Because the Xia Dynasty was in the early stage of class society and the productive forces were not very developed, the number of troops in the Xia Dynasty was very small. For example, when King Shao Kang of Xia V fled to the Yu family, he lived in Lun (now southeast of Yucheng, Henan Province) and had only 500 men. Later, Shao Kang united the two tribes of Qiuxun and Qiu Guan, overthrew Han Zhuo, who stole the summer, and restored the rule of the Xia Dynasty.

The summer army was dominated by infantry, but chariots began to appear.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Xia Dynasty

Baidu encyclopedia-Erlitou site