Chou Dynasty
The Chou conquered the Shang
Dynasty about 1100 BC (the traditional
date is 1122). The Chou said that the reason they were able to conquer
the Shang was that Heaven was on
their side.
The first period of Chou rule is called the Western Chou, because at this time the Chou only ruled the western part of modern China. China was divided up into about 200 little kingdoms, and then each of these kings was under the Chou emperor.
The first period of Chou rule is called the Western Chou, because at this time the Chou only ruled the western part of modern China. China was divided up into about 200 little kingdoms, and then each of these kings was under the Chou emperor.
This is the same time when the Indo-Europeans
were settling in India.
Further away, the kingdoms of West
Asia, Egypt, and
Greece were collapsing
at the end of the Bronze Age. In terms of the Bible, Moses
would probably be leaving Egypt about this time. Zoroastrianism
was just getting started.
Eastern Chou (771-221 BC)
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