The Predynastic Zhou or Proto-Zhou (/dʒoʊ/; Chinese: 先周) refers to the state of Zhou that existed in the Guanzhong region of modern Shaanxi province during...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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 Zhou dynasty ([ʈʂóʊ]; Chinese: 周) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest of all dynasties...

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...