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	Zhou Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Chinese historical tradition, the rulers of the Zhou displaced the Yin and legitimized their rule by invoking the Mandate of Heaven, the notion that the ruler (the "son of heaven") governed by divine right but that his dethronement would prove that he had lost the mandate.
		The Zhou dynasty was founded by the Ji family and had its capital at Hao (near the present-day city of Xi'an).
		In Western histories, the Zhou period is often described as feudal because the Zhou's early decentralized rule invites comparison with medieval rule in Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zhou_Dynasty (898 words)

	Spring and Autumn Period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the Zhou Dynasty, the center of power was, or was supposed to have been, in the hands of the king of the Zhou Dynasty.
		The fall of the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty (周朝), Hao, marks the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period.
		During the flight from the western capital to the east, the Zhou king relied on the nearby lords of Qin (秦), Zheng (鄭) and Jin (晉) for protection from barbarians and rebellious lords.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_Period (2794 words)

	Zhou Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Zhou Gong, the young successor of Wu, was the architect of the dynasty that was to have the longest rule in Chinese history.
		Zhou rule was established by setting up 'feudal' networks consisting of fifty or more vassal states presided over by sons of Zhou rulers.
		Zhou pottery was fairly austere in coarse gray clay, sometimes reddish, with decorations in cord-marked designs, geometric shapes or the ogre design which was well known in the Shang bronzes.
	www.phoenixndragon.com /Zhou-text.htm (200 words)

	The House Of Leow
		The Zhou Dynasty was founded in the 11th century BC and came to an end in 771 BC, spanning a period of over 300 years.
		During this period, it was called the Western Zhou Dynasty as its capital, Gaojing, was in the west, in order to distinguish from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty which was founded when the capital was moved to Luoyi.
		During the early part of the Zhou Dynasty, the revolt staged by King Zhou's son was suppressed.
	leow.org /wen_westernzhou.html (1653 words)

	Encyclopedia: Spring and Autumn Period
		The Zhou Dynasty (å‘¨æœ; Wade-Giles: Chou Dynasty) (late 10th century BC or 9th century BC to 256 BC) followed the Shang (Yin) Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China.
		The Qin Dynasty (ç§¦æœ Pinyin QÃn, Wade-Giles Chin; 221 BC - 207 BC) was preceded by the Zhou Dynasty and followed by the Han Dynasty in China.
		In 771 BC the Zhou Dynasty was forced to flee from barbarian attack and shifted the capital east to Chengzhou (near present Luoyang).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Spring-and-Autumn-Period (7209 words)

	Ji
		Ji (姬 jī in Chinese) is the family name of the family in control of the Zhou Dynasty (周朝 late 10th century BC to late 9th century - 256 BC) (Wade-Giles Chou Dynasty) followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China.
		Dong Zhou dynasty(Eastern Zhou dynasty, 东周) 770 BC-256 BC'''
		Note: nobles of the Ji family proclaimed King Hui of Eastern Zhou (Dong Zhou Hui Wang) as the successor to the dynasty after Luoyang fell to Qin.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/j/ji/ji.html (278 words)

	bronze technology in ancient china (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The florescent period of the bronze technology is from the late Shang Dynasty to the early Western Zhou Dynasty.
		If we say in the Shang Dynasty bronze wine vessel was the biggest category, then in the Zhou Dynasty bronze food container became the biggest among which tripods and gui were very popular.
		It is a typical ware of the mid-and-late Western Zhou Dynasty.
	chinaguides.shanghai-window.com /destination/shanghai/attractions/museum/bronze/history.html (2246 words)

	Zhou Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China -- Research Into Origins Of Huns, Uygurs, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the sons of King Shaokang of Xia Dynasty was permanently assigned to the Kuaiji land to guard the tomb, and the later Yue Principality was said to have descended from this lineage.
		Zhou King Pingwang moved eastward to Luoyi in 770 BC under the escort of Qin lord, and promised to Qin the land of Feng and Qishan should Qin defeat Quanrong and recover the territories.
		(Guzhu was formerly Zhu-guo Statelet, a vassal of ex-Shang dynasty.)
	www.uglychinese.org /zhou.htm (14624 words)

	Chinese history:The Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-770 BC)
		The treasures and luxuries found in Zhou Xin's palace were used in rewarding the officers and soldiers of the Zhou army and also distributed among the people.
		His uncle, the Duke of Zhou, a man of large ability, aprofound statesman and a most conscientious an upright prince, was appointed regent by Wu Wang before his death.
		The enemies circulated rumors that the Duke of Zhou was not loyal to the Emperor.
	www.chinavoc.com /history/xizhou.htm (628 words)

	Large Tomb of Western Zhou dynasty found - China History Forum, online chinese history forum
		The 78-year-old Zou, dubbed "No.1 archeologist on China's Shang and Zhou dynasties", is the discoverer of the capital ruins of the States of Yan and Jin of the Western Zhou Dynasty and instructor for exploring and excavating Lord Jin's grave of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
		Doctor Zhang Tian'en, director of Shang and Zhou Office of Shaanxi Archeology Institute who devoted for years to seeking tombs for kings of the Western Zhou, held that the title of Duke Zhou is hereditary and lasted for five to six hundred years.
		Although Zhou Gongdan's eldest son was given the State of Lu in the east but Western Zhou practiced the system of returned burial, i.e.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=107 (2088 words)

	Western Zhou Dynasty Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was philosophers of this period who first enunciated the doctrine of the "mandate of heaven," the notion that the ruler (the "son of heaven") governed by divine right but his dethronement would mean that he had lost his mandate.
		This doctrine explained and justified the demise of the two earlier dynasties and at the same time supported the legitimacy of the present and future rulers.
		In 771 BC, the Zhou court was sacked, and its king killed by invading barbarians who were allied with rebel lords.
	www.paulnoll.com /China/Dynasty/dynasty-West-Zhou.html (230 words)

	Out of Order ... Chaos
		Haojing, capital city of the Western Zhou Dynasty, was devastated by war in 771 BC.
		In the west, the State of Qin controlled the former lands of the Western Zhou in the Wei River basin.
		During the closing years of the Western Zhou Period, people began to despair at the apparent abdication of moral behavior by their leaders, a despair that only grew stronger throughout the Spring and Autumn period.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C01/E0107.htm (2164 words)

	Dynasties of China: Western Zhou Dynasty
		During the Zhou Dynasty, all the land and people were nominally the property of the king.
		As the Zhou kings were no longer the sole possessors of the land, the ties of kingship and vassalage inevitably weakened.
		During the reign of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the central plains had reached the peak of the Bronze Age while the neighboring regions lagged behind.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/zhou/western (900 words)

	Zhou
		The Zhou began as a semi-nomadic tribe that lived to the west of the Shang kingdom.
		The first is the Western Zhou, which occurs from the time of their victory over the Shang until about 771 B.C. when they were forced east by barbarians from the north.
		Of these three, Legalism had the most immediate effect, as it was the philosophy that the Qin, the next dynasty used as the basis of their rule.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/china/ancient_china/zhou.html (714 words)

	Chinese History - Zhou Dynasty (www.chinaknowledge.org)
		The Zhou Dynasty is probably the dynasty that reigned for the longest period not only of all Chinese dynasties, but of the whole world.
		The once venerated kings of Zhou, people like King Cheng æç and Kang åº·ç, lost their central position as the Heaven-approved sacrosanct ruler and were challenged by feudal lords that overtook the leadership of the Chinese world.
		The Zhou kings had to flee from their western capital to the east, forced by "barbarian" tribes that invaded the Zhou territory.
	www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Zhou/zhou.html (535 words)

	Western Zhou Dynasty Succession
		The rebellion and Fa posthumously declared his father first king of the Zhou dynasty.
		When King Wu died, his younger brother Shu Dan, titled Zhou Gong, the Duke of Zhou, ruled as regent until Fa's son, Cheng, was old enough to take the throne.
		This is the end of the Western Zhou dynasty.
	www.trinity.edu /sfield/Zhoudynasty.html (168 words)

	Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-year-old Tombs In China
		Ten of the tombs each have four passages -- an indication that the owner was from the highest rank in the the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC - 771 BC).
		The Duke of Zhou was the founder of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
		He helped his brother overthrow the Shang Dynasty (c.1600 BC - c.1100 BC) and became prince regent to his brother's young son after the brother died.
	www.rense.com /general58/tombs.htm (195 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		When any of these four terms was used to record the occurrence of an event along with the year-month-"sexagesimal-cycle" system, it is then possible to date this event by relating the lunar phase corresponding to the term with the precise time of the same lunar phase calculated by modern astronomy.
		For this reason, the four time-recording terms are vital for the study of chronology of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
		This study concludes that algebraic formulae still remained the cardinal methods used by the Yuan astronomers to calculate the positions of the sun, the moon and five planets.However, it also cannot be ignored that geometrical methods were widely employed in the Shoushi calendar.
	web.syr.edu /~bjing/disser.htm (722 words)

	Map of Western Zhou Dynasty - China Highlights Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Zhou dynasty is traditionally subdivided into two periods-the West Zhou dynasty and the East Zhou Dynasty.
		Zhou was founded at 11 century BC with its capital at Haojing, today's Xian in Shaanxi province.
		West Chou dynasty was the heyday of the Slave Society.
	www.chinahighlights.com /map/western_zhou_dynasty_map.htm (79 words)

	Kingdoms in Spring and Autumn Period of Eastern Zhou Dynasty
		Dynasty Zhou is the first dynasty that was chronicled.
		At the end of Dynasty Western Zhou, politically, something ridiculous happened from time to time, King Zhou You made a fire to tease his leuds, and Dynasty Zhou was destroyed as a result of belle's chuckle.
		This title of Kingoms of Spring and Autoumn Period of Eastern Zhou Dynasty is elaborately collected.
	www.chinesemall.com /kininsprinan.html (208 words)

	SF-Fandom - Chinese discoveries
		Zhouxuan in the Western Zhou Dynasty (1100-771 BC).
		This tradition started in the Qin dynasty, about 210 B.C., when Chinese custom decreed that it was no longer necessary to bury favorite steeds (or wives) alive in the tombs with their aristocratic masters.
		The Tang dynasty, a time of national unity, prosperity and cultural activity, was also the golden age of the horse.
	www.sf-fandom.com /vbulletin/printthread.php?t=75 (2981 words)

	Search Tuna Report for chinas shang dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Chou Dynasty and Warring States Temple of the Heavens Sometime around 1027 BC the Shang was conquered by the Chou, a people living to the west in the region of modern Sian....
		Like the previous dynasty, the Shang eventually declined and ended with the ignominious rule of the last Shang king, Chou he was overthrown by King Wen and his son Wu who began the third dynasty of China, the Chou....
		Two important features of this dynasty were the development of a writing system, as revealed in ancient Chinese inscriptions found on tortoise shells and flat cattle bones commonly called oracle bones, and the use of bronze metallurgy....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/3343.html (3071 words)

	Ancient Dynasties
		At minimum, the Xia period marked an evolutionary stage between the late neolithic cultures and the typical Chinese urban civilization of the Shang dynasty.
		The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other, from 1027 to 221 B.C. It was philosophers of this period who first enunciated the doctrine of the "mandate of heaven" (tianming or
		These developments, which probably occurred in the latter Zhou period, were manifested in greater central control over local governments and a more routinized agricultural taxation.
	www-chaos.umd.edu /history/ancient1.html (838 words)

	Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Zhou Dynasty (周 1122 BC - ─ 256 BC) followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China.
		In the Chinese historical tradition, the rulers of the Zhou displaced the Shang and legitimized their rule by invoking the mandate of heaven.
		So Zhou Nan Wang was widely considered as the last emperor of Zhou.
	brandt.kurowski.net /projects/lsa/wiki/view.cgi?doc=925 (229 words)

	Imperial China: Exhibition Artifact Descriptions Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it was a three-legged bronze container.
		Shang and Zhou bronzes were cast in piece molds, an outgrowth of techniques potters had developed for producing fired clay objects.
		Bronzes from the middle Western Zhou were smooth shapes, often decorated with birds.
	www.ket.org /artofthehorse/ed/artifact01.htm (955 words)

	Chinavoc.com-art-museums-Shanghai Museum
		Bronze articles from the Shang (16th-11th centuries B.C.) and Zhou (Western Zhou: 11th century to 771 B.C.) are an important indicator as to the ancient social civilization.
		The tri-color pottery figurine of a horsewoman of the Tang Dynasty, and the white glaze pillow engraved with the design of palace figures, are superbly crafted.
		The Ming Dynasty rosewood armchair and Qing Dynasty carved lacquer square table and stools are examples of the unparalleled excellence of ancient Chinese culture.
	www.chinavoc.com /arts/museum/sh.htm (411 words)

	History of Chinese Dynasties: Zhou dynasty
		The Western Zhou Dynasty was more united under the control of the king and several vassals.
		Based on the previous efforts, more efficient methods were invented, the slaveholders enslaved their people labored for them and the social system formed steadfastly.
		The disrupted Eastern Zhou Dynasty had many kingdoms with their own real power and with ambitions to lord among the whole states.
	www.warriortours.com /intro/history/zhou (124 words)

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