Battle of Mingtiao

Battle of Mingtiao
	Part of the Tang of Shang's revolution
Date	c. 1600 BCE
Location	Mingtiao
Result	Shang victory Collapse of the Xia dynasty; Rise of the Shang dynasty;
Belligerents
Predynastic Shang	Xia dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Tang of Shang ; Yi Yin	Jie of Xia
Strength
~6,000 Infantry，70 chariots	Unknown

The Battle of Mingtiao was a battle between the Shang state and the Xia dynasty, resulting in a Shang victory which created the elevation circumstances of the Duke of Shang to the throne of China as the Shang dynasty.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b 戴, 逸; 龔, 書鐸. 史前‧夏‧商‧西周. 中國通史（學生彩圖版） (in Chinese). Hong Kong. pp. 50, 51, 60–63. ISBN 978-962-8792-80-1.
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