The Zhou Dynasty. By: Mirone Taye and Christina Oey. King Wu of the Zhou dynasty. He conquered the Shang dynasty and established it as the Zhou dynasty. King Wu faithfully followed his ancestors’ teachings . people believe that he was chosen by heaven - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou Dynasty By: Mirone Taye and Christina OeyKing Wu of the
Zhou dynasty He conquered the Shang dynasty and established it as
the Zhou dynasty.King Wu faithfully followed his ancestors
teachings. people believe that he was chosen by heaven The Zhou
Dynasty was an important period of Chinese history. 37 emperors
ruled for nine hundred years before the Zhou Dynasty was conquered
by the Qin Dynasty in 221 B.C.
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Where was this dynasty located?Its was located near the Yellow
and China sea Was west the Shang Dynasty, but after the defeat of
Shang the borders was extended .
The mandate of heaven What is the mandate of heaven?The mandate
of heaven is this idea that heaven chose chinas ruler and gave them
powers.This was a new political order for the citizens to follow
the mandate of heaven.
Zohu dynasty leadersKing Ping of ZhouKing Huan of ZhouKing
Zhuang of ZhouKing Xi of ZhouKing Hui of ZhouKing Xiang of ZhouKing
Qing of ZhouKing Kuang of Zhou
King Ding of ZhouKing Jian of ZhouKing Ling of ZhouKing Jing of
ZhouKing Doa of ZhouKing Jing of ZhouinventionsThey invented many
military weapons Created many herbal and other kinds of
medicinesMostly adopted the Shang lifestyleInvented chopsticks
Fun Facts This was the longest lasting dynastyChopsticks were
invented in the Zhou dynastyConfucius was born in this dynastyOne
of the 1st dynasty that started to collect books.Claimed that the
Shang dynasty lost the mandate of heaven due to poor governing.
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