Zhou dynasty | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 07/12/2018

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Zhou dynasty


00:01:21 1 History
00:01:29 1.1 Foundation
00:01:38 1.1.1 Traditional myth
00:03:50 1.1.2 Culture
00:04:41 1.2 Western Zhou
00:06:37 1.3 Eastern Zhou
00:08:56 2 Culture and society
00:09:06 2.1 Mandate of Heaven and the Justification of Power
00:11:45 2.2 Feudalism
00:14:44 2.2.1 Fēngjiàn system and bureaucracy
00:16:45 2.2.1.1 Agriculture
00:18:21 2.2.2 Military
00:19:56 2.3 Philosophy
00:20:49 2.3.1 Li
00:21:54 3 Kings
00:23:05 4 Later tradition
00:23:14 4.1 Claimed descendants
00:27:42 4.2 Astrology
00:28:15 5 See also



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SUMMARY
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The Zhou dynasty or the Zhou Kingdom (Chinese: 周朝; pinyin: Zhōucháo [ʈʂóu.ʈʂʰǎu]) was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang dynasty and preceded the Qin dynasty. The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history. The military control of China by the royal house, surnamed Ji (Chinese: 姬; pinyin: Jī [tɕí]), lasted initially from 1046 until 771 BC for a period known as the Western Zhou and the political sphere of influence it created continued well into Eastern Zhou for another 500 years.
During the Zhou Dynasty, centralized power decreased throughout the Spring and Autumn period until the Warring States period in the last two centuries of the Zhou Dynasty. In this period, the Zhou court had little control over its constituent states that were at war with each other until the Qin state consolidated power and formed the Qin dynasty in 221 BC. The Zhou Dynasty had formally collapsed only 35 years earlier, although the dynasty had only nominal power at that point.
This period of Chinese history produced what many consider the zenith of Chinese bronze-ware making. The Zhou dynasty also spans the period in which the written script evolved into its almost-modern form with the use of an archaic clerical script that emerged during the late Warring States period.