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The Western Zhou (Chinese: 西周; pinyin: Xīzhōu; c. 1046 BC – 771 BC) was a period of Chinese history, approximately first half of the Zhou dynasty, before the period of the Eastern Zhou. It began when King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang dynasty at the Battle of Muye and ended when Quanrong pastoralists sacked its capital Haojing and ...
WESTERN ZHOU: UTOPIA AND COLLAPSE. The Western Zhou Chou) (dynasty (1122–771 B.C.) was the first half of the Zhou dynasty of ancient China, which lasted until 221 B.C. The Shang Dynasty (1766-1122 B.C.) was probably conquered by the Western Zhou , which presided over a prosperous feudal agricultural society.
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The Western Zhou was a period of Chinese history, approximately first half of the Zhou dynasty, before the period of the Eastern Zhou. It began when King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang dynasty at the Battle of Muye and ended when Quanrong pastoralists sacked its capital Haojing and killed King You of Zhou in 771 BC.
Monarchy. History. • Established. 440 BCE. • Annexed by Qin. 256 BCE. Western Zhou ( Chinese: 西周) was an ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period. Its capital was Henan (河南), located just west of present-day Luoyang, a prefecture-level city in Henan Province.
- Monarchy
- Henan Wangcheng
- Duchy
- Old Chinese
King Wen of Zhou ( Chinese: 周文王; pinyin: Zhōu Wén Wáng; 1152–1050 BC, the Cultured King) was the posthumous title given to Ji Chang ( Chinese: 姬昌 ), the patriarch of the Zhou state during the final years of Shang dynasty in ancient China. Ji Chang himself died before the end of the Zhou-Shang War, and his second son Ji Fa ...
- Bi (Zhou state)
- King Ji of Zhou
- Tai Ren
- Tai Si
King You of Zhou took a wife from Western Shen 西申, and she gave birth to King Ping. The king also took a woman from the people of Bao 褒, this was Lady Bao Si 褒姒, and she gave birth to Bopan 伯盤. Lady Bao Si was favored by the king. His Majesty loved Bopan, and thus forced King Ping into exile: King Ping fled to Western Shen.
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