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Zhou Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | See also Empress Wu Zetian of China, who also claimed the dynastic name Zhou for her brief reign from 690 to 705 AD. |
| | The dynasty also spans the period in which the written script evolved from the ancient stage as seen in early Western Zhou bronze inscriptions, to the beginnings of the modern stage, in the form of the archaic clerical script of the late Warring States period. |
| | Sharing the language and culture of the Shang (Yin), the early Zhou rulers, through conquest and colonization, gradually sinicized, that is, extended Shang (Yin) culture through much of China Proper north of the Yangtze River. |
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