Zhou Dynasty

State · 1,000–751 BCE · at its largest around 1,000 BCE

Chinese dynasty that overthrew the Shang and ruled through a network of vassal states, articulating the Mandate of Heaven; its Western capital fell in 771 BCE.

On its lands while it lasted

• Zhou dynasty (1,046–256 BCE): The longest-lasting Chinese dynasty, whose rulers claimed the Mandate of Heaven; real power declined after the move east in 771 BCE.
• Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BCE): Era of the Eastern Zhou in which rival states jostled for hegemony, named after the chronicle of the state of Lu.

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