Yesterday the war finally ended between the Zhou Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty.This Is how it began. The Shang dynasty was threatened by The Zhou Dynasty, which ignited an all out war between the two dynasties. The reason for this war was because the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty noticed that The Shang Dynasty was preoccupied fighting another war with tribal people to the southeast, so the Emperor of the Zhou dynasty new that this would be the best time to attack and expand there land.
The Zhou Dynasty soon overpowered and crushed the Shang Dynasty, as well as beheaded Emperor Zhouxin of the Shang Dynasty. Now a large number of Zhou Emperors rule what was Shang Civilization for themselves. They have claimed that all land belongs to heaven, as well as that they were the sons of heaven, so therefore all land and people will now be known as their subjects.
The Zhou dynasty has divided there land into organized regions; assigning someone to rule each region in their name, decided by if they were a close family member, or a trusted member of their clan, or a chief of a tribe that allied with them during the war. The responsibilities of each Region leader were similar to the emperors responsibilities.
Now each ruler has at there disposal, all the lands they were assigned to, and his own Militia fighting force. They also received gifts like, chariots, bronze weapons, and servants and animals. The rulers received the title of lord, or “gong” in Chinese culture. Control there area better, the lords assigned sublords to maintain a stable rule of there region.
The Zhou emperors also told those they reigned over, that they had ousted the Shang emperors from heaven and that heaven was occupied by the Zhou’s supreme god, a god the Zhou called “The Lord on High” who they had said ordered the fall of the Shang Dynasty.
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