商是我国继夏以后的第二个王朝。根据古代的传说,商的祖先曾长期活动于北方的黄河流域,经济生活除从事农业以外,还使用牛、马拉着车去进行贸易。到夏时,由冀南、豫北过黄河进入豫东。作为夏的方国的商,乘夏末国势衰落之机,消灭其附近夏的同盟方国葛(今商丘北)、丰(今滑县)和顾(今范县东南),后又西攻暴虐的夏,败桀于鸣条,夏遂亡。 Our country is the second dynasty after our summer. According to ancient legends, the ancestors of the merchants had long been active in the Yellow River basin in the north. In addition to agriculture, the economic life used cattle and horses to drive trade. By summer, by the south of Henan, north of Henan Yellow River into the east. As a summer country business, take the opportunity of the decline of the country by the end of summer and eliminate allies near the country (now Shangqiu North), Feng (now Huaxian) and Gu (now Fanxian southeast), and then west attack Abusive summer, defeated in the sound of the note, summer and death.