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The Western Zhou (Chinese: 西周; pinyin: Xīzhōu; c. 1046 [1] – 771 BC) was a period of Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Zhou dynasty. It began when King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang dynasty at the Battle of Muye and ended in 771 BC when Quanrong pastoralists sacked the Zhou capital at Haojing and killed ...
The Zhou dynasty (; Chinese: 周) [c] was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest of all dynasties in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period ( c. 1046 – 771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji , had military control over ancient China .
Song dynasty, Liao dynasty and Jin Empire; Yuan dynasty and Ming dynasty; Qing dynasty; On each map, ancient places and water features are shown in black and blue respectively, superimposed on modern features, borders and claims, shown in brown. All country-wide maps, from Paleolithic onward, include an inset showing the nine-dash line in the ...
Emin was briefly the capital of the Western Liao dynasty from 1132 to 1134. Fenghao, located near present-day Xi'an, was the capital of the Western Zhou dynasty from 1046 BC to 771 BC. Fuzhou was briefly the capital of the Southern Ming dynasty from 1645 to 1646. Guangzhou (also romanized Canton) was the capital of: Nanyue Kingdom (204–111 BC).
Map of the Five Hegemons during the Spring and Autumn period of the Zhou dynasty. As the power of the Zhou kings weakened, the Spring and Autumn period saw the emergence of hegemon-protectors (霸; Bà) [13] who protected the royal house and gave tribute to the king's court, while underwriting the remainder of the confederation with their ...
Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou. The Western Zhou and the Eastern Zhou were ruled by the House of Ji; they are collectively known as the Zhou dynasty [11] [87] The founder of the Eastern Zhou, the King Ping of Zhou, was a son of the last Western Zhou ruler, the King You of Zhou; Western Han, Eastern Han, Shu Han, and Liu Song
The following ancient Chinese states were parts of the geopolitical milieu during the Zhou dynasty of early China, during one or more of its main chronological subdivisions: the Western Zhou period, Spring and Autumn period, and Warring States period. Listed below are the names of various polities, the aristocratic houses and lineages of their ...
2 Maps. 3 Chronology. ... Western Zhou (1046–771 BC ... The fall of the Western Jin dynasty amidst the rise of non-Han regimes in northern China during the Sixteen ...