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  Western Zhou Western Zhou bronze ding The Western Zhou (Chinese: 西周 ; pinyin: Xīzhōu; c. 1045 BC - 771 BC) was a regal tradition of China and the primary portion of the Zhou line. It started when Lord Wu of Zhou ousted the Shang administration at the Clash of Muye and finished when the Quanrong migrants fired on its capital Haojing and killed Ruler You of Zhou in 771 BC. The Western Zhou early state was fruitful for around 75 years and afterward leisurely lost power. The previous Shang lands were partitioned into innate fiefs which turned out to be progressively autonomous of the lord. In 771 BC, the Zhou were driven out of the Wei Stream valley; a while later genuine power was in the possession of the lord's ostensible vassals. Civil war : Scarcely any records get by from this early period and records from the Western Zhou time frame cover little past a rundown of rulers with dubious dates. Lord Wu kicked the bucket a few years after the success. Since his child, Lord Ch...

  Shang 商 c. 1600 BC– c. 1045 BC Approximate territory of the Shang dynasty within present-day China Capital            •           Bo ( 亳 ) (either modern Yanshi or Zhengzhou) •          Ao ( 隞 ) (near modern Zhengzhou) •          Yan ( 奄 ) (near modern Qufu) •          Xiang (near modern Anyang) •          Yin ( 殷 ) (near modern Anyang) •          Zhaoge ( 朝歌 ) (near modern Qi county) Common languages            Old Chinese Religion          Chinese patriarchal religion, Divination Government                  ...

                                                                     Xia dynasty Xia 夏 c. 2070 BC (according to Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project)–c. 1600 BC Proposed location of the Xia dynasty Capital   •             Anyi( 安邑 ) (during Yu the Great's reign) •              Yangcheng •              Zhenxun (from Tai Kang's reign) •              Shangqiu (from Xiang of Xia) History • Established     c. 2070 BC (according to Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project) • Disestablished             ...