Zhou dynasty

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Sources

1. BookEarly China: A Social and Cultural History
2. BookThe Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C.
3. BookShiji (Records of the Grand Historian)

Relations

conquered by:

• Qin (state)since 256 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C.

founded by:

• King Wu of Zhou

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), Early China: A Social and Cultural History, The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C.

has capital:

• Fenghaoc. 1,046 BCE O.S. – 771 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Early China: A Social and Cultural History, Landscape and Power in Early China: The Crisis and Fall of the Western Zhou, 1045–771 BC

ruled by:

• King Kang of Zhou

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), Early China: A Social and Cultural History

• King Li of Zhou

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), Early China: A Social and Cultural History

• King Nan of Zhouuntil 256 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C.

succeeded:

• Shang dynastysince c. 1,046 BCE O.S.

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), Early China: A Social and Cultural History

Appears in6 items

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  Early Imperial China6 items
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    The Zhou conquer the Shang at Muyec. 1,046 BCE O.S.
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    Western Zhouc. 1,046 BCE O.S.
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    The Mandate of Heaven, cast in bronzec. 1,000 BCE O.S.
  • The fall of the Western Zhou771 BCE O.S.
  • Eastern Zhou770 BCE O.S.
  • Qin ends the Zhou dynasty256 BCE O.S.