The Predynastic Zhou or Proto-Zhou (/dʒoʊ/; Chinese: 先周) refers to the ancient Chinese state ruled by the Ji clan that existed in the Guanzhong region...

The religion of the Predynastic and Western Zhou was a complex set of religious beliefs and activities adhered to by the early Zhou dynasty in China (c...

Predynastic Zhou than later periods, concerning Zhou soldiers' welfare and inquiries about Zhou hunts. On the other hand, Wu Ding never visited Zhou territory...

Predynastic Shang or Proto-Shang (/ʃæŋ/; Chinese: 先商) refers to the state of Shang that is believed to have existed during the Xia dynasty in ancient...

of the Predynastic Zhou during the Shang dynasty in ancient China. His great-grandson Fa would later conquer the Shang and establish the Zhou dynasty...

son in a manner analogous to the patrilineal kin-based society of Predynastic Zhou. If the sovereign was insufficiently virtuous, Heaven would choose...

King Wu of Zhou (Chinese: 周武王; pinyin: Zhōu Wǔ Wáng; died c. 1043 BCE), personal name Ji Fa, was the founding king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. The chronology...

Look up Zhou, zhou, zhōu, or zhòu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zhou may refer to: Predynastic Zhou (周 or 先周; c. 1150–c. 1046 BC), the state in...

the Predynastic Zhou during the Shang dynasty of ancient China. His son King Wen and grandson King Wu would defeat the Shang to establish the Zhou dynasty...

texts have helped clarify the historical situation. The Zhou dynasty grew out of a predynastic polity with its own existing power structure, primarily...

for the predynastic Zhou have focused on the Qishan area, which is mentioned in early texts and was a key ritual centre of the Western Zhou. Two different...

conquered by the Predynastic Zhou led by King Wu following the Battle of Muye in ca. 1046 BC, which led to the establishment of the Western Zhou dynasty. Scholars...

Prior to the Zhou conquest of Shang, these ancient states were already extant as units of the preceding Shang dynasty, Predynastic Zhou or polities of...

nobility of Chu. Within the elite, Chu's early period mirrored that of Predynastic Zhou, the aristocratic ancestral temples and clan lineages sufficing to...

The Zhou dynasty (/dʒoʊ/ JOH) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in...

groups by Dong Zuobin. Chinese sovereign Historical capitals of China Predynastic Zhou Women in ancient and imperial China The first king is known as Tang...

dynasty, is referred to as the Predynastic Zhou or Proto-Zhou. Similarly, the state of Qin that existed during the Zhou dynasty before its wars of unification...

As King Wen (ruled c. 1099–1050 BCE) expanded the territory of the Predynastic Zhou east into Shanxi in preparation for an assault on his nominal Shang...

pre-conquest Zhou capital at Fengxi in Shaanxi has been excavated and strata at the site have been identified with the Predynastic Zhou. Radiocarbon dating...

favored by his father to inherit the throne of Predynastic Zhou, the older brothers Taibo and Zhongyong left Zhou to avoid conflict and settled southeast to...

Qin before the Qin dynasty was established is also referred to as the "predynastic Qin" or "proto-Qin". According to the 2nd-century BC Records of the Grand...

clan (姬) of predynastic Zhou, Taibo was the eldest son of King Tai of Zhou. He had two younger brothers, Zhongyong and Jili. The King of Zhou wished to...

contested historicity. During the subsequent Shang (c. 1600–1046 BCE) and Zhou (1046–256 BCE) dynasties, rulers were referred to as Wang 王, meaning king...

solve previously concerning problems. His period marked the rise of Predynastic Zhou, which began to develop more complex relations with the Shang court...

later incorporated Buddhist teachings. The religion of the Shang and Predynastic Zhou were predominately shamanistic.[citation needed] Male same-sex love...

town in Ji'an, Jilin, China King Tai of Zhou or Taiwang of Zhou (fl. 12th century BC?), a leader of predynastic Zhou Taiwan Taewang, Korean equivalent of...

between Shang and Zhou adoptions. Historically, the regency of the Duke of Zhou sought to re-stabilize the Zhou dynasty. The Zhou court modeled their...

King Zhou of Shang. 1050 BC King Wen of Zhou died. 1047 BC Zhou took Daji as his concubine. 1046 BC Battle of Muye: The forces of the predynastic Zhou, led...

later Shang dynasty oracle bones. Predynastic Shang List of Neolithic cultures of China According to the Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project. Mungello (2009)...

This included his lineage's power base near the predynastic Zhou capital of Xishan; the Duke of Zhou was given control over the lands to the east. It...