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Zhou Dynasty event history		period before (Shang) --The Feudal Lords next period (Qin)
Zhou Dynasty intro		Map and Geography I Map and Geography II Map and Geography III
	Western Zhou History - King You and the end of Western Zhou Period - Spring and Autumn Period -The ba hegemonial system - Era of the Warring States - Coalitions to rule the world An Outline of Western Zhou History The Western Zhou (Xizhou 西周) period is a highlight of moral government and enlightened rule in the thinking of the Confucianists. In the Zhou Dynasty's eyes, heaven-appointed King Wen "the Cultured" 周文王 received the heavenly mandate (tianming 天命) of overthrow the depraved last king of the Shang Dynasty. Shang oracle bones and careful examination of the historical texts instead show that the conquest of the Shang area was mere a result of the general eastern expansion of the Zhou people. Myths of the moving of the capital Bin 豳 (or 邠) to Qishan 岐山 or Hao 鎬 are proved archeologically. Around 1150 BC, the Zhou moved the Fen River 汾水 valley in modern Shanxi to the Wei River 渭水 valley in Shaanxi where they settled among the Rong 戎 and Di 狄 barbarians. After overthrowing the Shang Dynasty (a defeat that must have come quite sudde>
	[西燕 W Yan]	後燕 L Yan	後秦 L Qin		後涼 L Liang		[仇池 Chouchi]
	南燕 S Yan	北燕 N Yan	西秦 W Qin	夏 Xia	南涼 S Liang	西涼 W Liang	北涼 N Liang
劉宋 Liu-Song		北魏 N Wei
(南)齊 (S) Qi
梁 Liang		東魏 E Wei		西魏 W Wei
陳 Chen	(北周)	北齊 N Qi		北周 N Zhou
隋 Sui

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