HIST 2751H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Genpei War, Yangban, Khitan People
5 Apr 2016
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The rise and fall of dynasies in east asia: china. The shang dynasty was overthrow by the zhou kingdom in 1045 bce. Seen as the father of the zhou dynasty: king wu (his son) Actually led the concurring of the shang dynasty: the duke of zhou (wen"s brother) Absorbed a lot of the cultural aspects of the shang dynasty, retained the language, system of wriing, technology (just expanded) Kept good records of this period: through their wriings that we learned about the shang dynasty. Western zhou: 1045-771 bce: capital: xian (shaanxi province) Eastern zhou: 771-256 bce: capital luoyang (henan province, divived into two: The warring states period (479-256 bce: the zhou kings had very litle power, very litle territory. 10 states" that had their own rulers that just was under the king, but really controlled their own stuf: control was not centralized, technological and economic developments: Money economy, in the form of metal pieces: philosophical developments:
