Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Fall of the Shang Dynasty

The last Shang king was killed c. 1150 BCE. The dynasty that ruled next was the Western zhou dynasty(1027-771 BCE). The Zhou kings had asimilar culture to the Shang kings. Thus, the change in dynasty did not result in the end of Shang Civilisation. Around 771 BCE, a group of people killed the Zhou king and his son had to move his capital eastwards. His dynasty was known as the Eastern Zhou dynasty(771-221 BCE).
WARNING:THE FOLLOWING INFO IS FROM "THE LIVING IN PAST" TEXT BOOK.

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