HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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by keeping a strong army that was always ready to put down rebellions
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by treating people with kindness and respect
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by sending out ambassadors to each region
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by putting family members in charge of individual regions
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Detailed explanation-1: -Delegating regional control in this way allowed the Zhou to maintain control over a massive land area. Under this feudal (fengjian) system, land could be passed down within families, or broken up further and granted to more people. Most importantly, the peasants who farmed the land were controlled by the feudal system.
Detailed explanation-2: -1050–771 BCE) because its capital was located in western China, the Zhou dynasty mirrored the Shang in ruling as a centralized empire. Since its territory was vast-larger than the Shang-the early Zhou kings developed a form of feudalism with regions ruled by appointed relatives and other noblemen.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Zhou conquerors claimed to overthrow the Shang Dynasty for moral reasons. They said that the Shang king was evil and that heaven no longer wanted him to rule. They blamed the Shang’s downfall on its king’s excessive drinking, indulgent lifestyle, and immoral behavior.
Detailed explanation-4: -Around 1046 BC, King Wu, the leader of the Zhou (Chou), a subject people living in the west of the Chinese kingdom, overthrew the last king of the Shang Dynasty. King Wu died shortly after this victory, but his family, the Ji, would rule China for the next few centuries. Their dynasty is known as the Zhou Dynasty.