Transcript Zhou Dynasty

By: Alyssa Collins and
Logan Barnes 
•Zhou ruled the east part
of China.
•The Zhou used Zhou Pingwand-i
Yijiu-770-720
this idea to
use for their B.C.
Zhou Huanwang- i
takeover
Lin-719-697
ruling
of
the
•The Zhou
B.C.
former
Shang
kings were
Zhou
kingdom.
also called
Zhuangwang- i
the "Sons of
Tug- 696-682
Heaven" and
B.C.
the Chinese
Zhou Xiwang -i
empire was
Hugi-681-677
dubbed the
vThe Eastern Asia borders the
East China Sea, Korea Bay,
Yellow Sea, and South China Sea,
between North Korea and Vietnam
varable land: 10%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 43%
forests and woodland: 14%
other: 33%
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 The bronze vessels of the Zhou are almost the
same as those of the Shang.
Historical events during the Western
Zhou period were also written
down upon bamboo strips.
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The Zhou began a different which was
basically feudal.
The Zhou dynasty, whose god was
Heaven, started to create a new belief
system by crediting their successful
overtake of the Shang dynasty.
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The Zhou adopted much of the Shang life
style.
Importing Shang families to new towns they
built to gain the knowledge of the Shang
artisans.
The Zhou also brought their religion
with them.
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um/prehistory/china/ancient_
china/zhou.html
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Zhou adopted the Shang’s writing system,
rituals and administration techniques.
Vessel
Cong
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One major events was
the beginning of The
Great Wall was being
build.
Was the moral government and
enlightened rule in the thinking of
the Confucianists
Around 1150 BC, the Zhou moved from
the Fen River 汾水 valley in modern
Shanxi to the Wei River.
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Was the using of glass and multi-color of
wooden or bamboo were used for heat in the
winter in a fire.
Begin of iron casting technology and widespread
use of iron tools during a war.
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The religion of the Zhou people was
different from the Shang religion. While the
Shang kings saw the universe filled with
ghost and spirits of good and evil, the Zhou
religion was more abstract.
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Alyssa:
I learned that the Eastern
Zhou Dynasty was a ruler
from 770 B.C. to 256 B.C
. for 551 years. Zhou
Wuwang established the
Zhou Dynasty and made
Haojing (the present
Chang'an County, Shaanxi
Province) its capital.
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Logan
I learned that the Zhou
began as a seminomadic tribe that lived
west of the Shang
kingdom, soon the
eastern Zhou became
stronger than the Shang
and defeated them in
about 1040 B.C.
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1. What was one of
the major
achievements?
2. What was one of
the rulers name?
3. How long did
the Zhou dynasty
rule?