24 Jun 1000 Jahr v. Chr. - Beginning of the Zhou Dynasty

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The Zhou Dynasty, which lasted from 1046-256 BCE lasted the longest out of all Chinese dynasties. It proceeded the Shang Dynasty. The most iconic minds in Chinese history lived in the Zhou dynasty. Some of these important figures include Laozi, Confucius, Mencius, and Mozi. The Zhou people were Chinese-speaking immigrants, who descended from the people of the Longshan Neolithic culture. Throughout several centuries, the Zhou migrated towards Northern China. They began to develop under Shang traditions. They also built a city in an area named the Plains of Zhou, which gave its name. The first important historical figure of the Zhou is King Wen, who lived from 1152-1056 BCE. He became the king of Zhou in 1099 BCE. King Wen thought to have started the Zhou uprising by making alliances with nearby communities. At one point, the Shang court imprisoned him in the city of Youli. The second son of King Wen was King Wu. Wu built a new capital and named it Haojing. In 1046 BCE, the to be emperor Wu led an army of 50,000 troops against a Shang army of 700,000 in a heavily outnumbered battle known today as the Battle of Muye. The Shang people offered little resistance and many of them joined King Wu's side. The present Shang emperor retreated, defeated, to his palace, where he committed suicide. He did this by locking himself up in his palace and setting it on fire. The Zhou Dynasty came to an end during a time of civil war in 256 BCE. The end of the dynasty was hardly noted, and the Zhou population was soon taken in by the state of Qin. Soon came the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, which lasted from 221-206 BCE.

Sources:
https://www.ancient.eu/Zhou_Dynasty/

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