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The Shang dynasty (Chinese: 商朝; pinyin: Shāng cháo), also known as the Yin dynasty (殷代; Yīn dài), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty.
King You of Zhou (795–771 BC), personal name Ji Gongsheng, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the last from the Western Zhou dynasty. He reigned from 781 to 771 BC. He reigned from 781 to 771 BC.
The Yi Zhou Shu (traditional Chinese: 逸周書; simplified Chinese: 逸周书; Wade–Giles: I Chou shu; lit. 'Lost Book of Zhou') is a compendium of Chinese historical documents about the Western Zhou period (1046–771 BCE).
Hao or Haojing, also called Zongzhou (宗周), [1] was one of the two settlements comprising the capital of the Western Zhou dynasty (1066–770 BCE), the other being Fēng or Fēngjīng (灃京). Together they were known as Fenghao and stood on opposite banks of the Feng River ( 沣河 ): with Feng on west bank and Hao on the east bank.
With the end of the Western Zhou, the Zhou court moved east to Luoyang, resulting in the loss of its direct control of the Wei River valley, the Royal court's primary source of revenue. The smaller Luo River Valley in the east was too small to support an extensive army and the Six Armies of the West and Eight Armies of Chengzhou disappeared ...
These new types, which were grouped in large sets, possibly corresponding to a change in Zhou ritual practice. [39] [43] Animal decorations were replaced by geometric forms such as ribbing and bands of lozenge shapes. Conversely, legs and handles became larger and more elaborate, and were often topped with animal heads. [44] Western Zhou guǐ ...
The Han dynasty was the first to formalize the zhou into actual administrative divisions by establishing 13 zhou all across China. Because these zhou were the largest divisions of the China at the time, they are usually translated as "provinces". After the Han dynasty, however, the number of zhou began to increase.
