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Yang Jia of Shang

1500 BC - 1402 BC

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Yang Jia (Chinese: 陽甲) or Xiang Jia, personal name Zi He, was a Shang dynasty King of China. In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the eighteenth Shang king, succeeding his father's cousin Nan Geng. He was enthroned in the year of Renxu (Chinese: 壬戌) with Yan (Chinese: 奄) as his capital. In the third year of his reign he sent troops against the barbarians of Danshan (Chinese: 丹山). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Yang Jia of Shang is the 6,728th most popular politician (down from 5,792nd in 2024). (down from 870th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Yang Jia of Shang ranks 6,729 out of 19,576Before him are Pierre Werner, Emperor Shizong of Liao, Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, Empress Masako, Alexis Tsipras, Ninus, and Shi Le. After him are Al-Muhtadee Billah, Perctarit, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, René Viviani, and García Sánchez III of Pamplona.

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Among people born in 1500 BC, Yang Jia of Shang ranks 7Before him are Tudḫaliya I, Neferure, Pan Geng, Xiao Xin, Yuya, and Merytre-Hatshepsut. After him are Thutmose, Zu Ding, Tushratta, Arnuwanda I, Mutemwiya, and Kurigalzu I. Among people deceased in 1402 BC, Yang Jia of Shang ranks 1

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