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'''Shang Commandery''' (上郡; Mandarin: ''Shàngjùn'' <small>lit.</small> 'Upper Commandery') was a commandery of the [[Qin dynasty]] of [[China]], corresponding to the present-day eastern part of {{wiki|Shanxi}} province.<ref name="Wikipedia">{{WP|Commandery (China)}}</ref> As with other commanderies (郡; ''jùn''), Shang Commandery originated as a military district the Qin established as a new form of local government to dismantle the old city-states.<ref name="Lewis 2007">Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "A State Organized for War". In ''The Early Empires: Qin and Han''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 30–50.</ref> During the reign of [[Qin Shi Huang]], the region was roughly bisected by the newly constructed [[Great Wall of China|Great Wall]] into '''Northern Shangjun''' and '''Southern Shangjun'''.<ref name="ACJ">''[[Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade]]''</ref>

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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade]]''

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