| To the west of Shang was a place named Zhou. The | | | | place from its own people. |
| head of this state was named Jichang, under the | | | | After Emperor Li died Emperor You was continued |
| management of Jichang; Zhou's power grew while the | | | | the decline of the Zhou dynasty. However the worst |
| Shang dynasty power declined. In 1066 BC Jichang son | | | | moment of his rule was because of a concubine |
| Jifa, launched a war on the Shang dynasty and ended | | | | named Baosi.Emperor You was fixated on Baosi and |
| the Shang dynasty thus founding the Zhou dynasty | | | | wanted to please her because she would never smile. |
| and changing his name to Emperor Wu. | | | | One day Emperor You thought of a clever and funny |
| Emperor Wu used the Mandated of Heaven, which | | | | idea, he bought Baosi to the top of his place then told |
| was created in the Shang dynasty to legitimize his rule. | | | | him officers to light the beacons. These beacons were |
| The system that the Zhou Dynasty used to govern | | | | signals to the vassal states that the emperor |
| was a feudal based one. Emperor Wu distributed the | | | | demanded their military presents because of war. |
| land among vassal lords and created vassal states. | | | | Within days many armies arrived at the placed but |
| These vassal lords were people who made a serious | | | | were confused and baffled by no present of any |
| contribution to the war effort. | | | | enemy. |
| The vassal lords would then redistribute the land to | | | | Baosi laughed and laughed as thousands of men were |
| officials, retainers and scholars who maintained the | | | | humiliated. Emperor You would repeatedly do this to |
| lands with the use of slaves and peasants. Even | | | | amuse Baosi. Emperor You also decided to get rid of |
| though the vassal states had to pay tributes and had | | | | his current wife and their son and make Baosi queen |
| an agreement to donated there military arms when | | | | and their son crowned prince. |
| called by the emperor; they were in affect kings in | | | | However Queen shen's Father Marquis shen joined |
| there own right. They had control of their financial and | | | | forces with the Quanroung, a northern ethnic group up |
| military affairs. | | | | north. United these 2 forces attacked Emperor You's |
| The western Zhou Dynasty was from 1046 – 771 | | | | place; when Emperor You order the beacons to be lit |
| BC and spanned 285 yeas however the Zhou | | | | no armies came to support their emperor. Emperor |
| dynasty is the longest dynasty throughout Chinese | | | | You died in the attack and his son, ping became |
| history. | | | | emperor. |
| The fall of the Western Zhou dynasty is because of a | | | | This was end of the western Zhou dynasty as |
| serious of bad leaders and a woman. The 12th | | | | Emperor Ping moved the capital east to Luoyi. The |
| Emperor, Emperor Li did not care for his people, he | | | | next period of this dynasty is called the East Zhou |
| brought all the lakes are river under imperial control and | | | | dynasty however historian also split this dynasty up |
| forbade people from living or working on them. This | | | | into future sub-sections of the spring and autumn |
| caused a panic and started an attack on the imperial | | | | period and the warring states period. |