Transcript Zhou Dynasty - kaworldcultures

By: Mattie Morgan & Logan Krause
Two Periods
Western Zhou
11th century BC to 770 BC
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The capital cities in the
Western Zhou of
Fengyi and Haojing are in
the west of the Eastern
Zhou's capital of Luoyi this is
why there is a western part
of the dynasty.
Eastern Zhou
770 BC - 256 BC
 Eastern Zhou is divided into
the Spring and Autumn
Periods which took place in
770 BC-476 BC and the
Warring States Period which
took place in (476 BC - 221
BC).
Western Leaders
King Wu- establisher
 King Wen- first official ruler of the states
 King Li- tyrant, overthrown by the people
 Gong Hebo – established counting the
years
 King You – failure of the dynasty,
assaulted and then failure
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Eastern Leaders
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Xuan Jiu – King You’s son, creator of
eastern dynasty
Pingwang (Ji Yijiu) – moved capital to luoyi
Zhuangwang (Ji Tuo) - battle of Changshao
Feiwang (Ji Tui) – rebelled to be King
against Huiwang
Zhou Shunwang (Ji Jie) – last emperor of
the Zhou dynasty
Achievements
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Confucianism - accept positions in life
Daoism – being balanced with the natural world
Legalism – belief that people were born the way they will be
for the rest of their lives. If they were a bad person or a good
person they were born that way.
Longest lasting dynasty
Defeated six states before being over thrown by the Qin
dynasty
Important Events
Great Wall was started
 Confusion was started (changed the
way China was ran)
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Effects on other cultures?
Over powered Shang dynasty
 Created Confucianism which will later
become a major part of other dynasties
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Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRJ3s
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 Explanation of everything
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFTk
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 Funny Rap
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Websites
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http://etcweb.princeton.edu/asianart/timeperiod_china.jsp?ctry=China&pd=S
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http://totallyhistory.com/zhou-dynasty-1045-256-bc/
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http://www.mrpilato.com/topics.cfm?subpage=366154