HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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Warlords fought throughout China.
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Crop production decreased.
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Cities declined in importance.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The forces of King Zhao of Qin defeated King Nan of Zhou and conquered West Zhou in 256 BC, claiming the Nine Cauldrons and thereby symbolically becoming The Son of Heaven.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Zhou–Chu War was a military conflict between the Zhou dynasty under King Zhao and the state of Chu from 961 to 957 BC.
Detailed explanation-3: -1050–221 BCE. The Zhou people had their origins in the far western reaches of the Yellow River in present day Shaanxi province. They conquered the Shang around 1050 BCE and established their own dynastyXa series of rulers from a single family..
Detailed explanation-4: -Establishment of the Dynasty The land of Zhou was a vassal state of the Shang Dynasty. A powerful leader of the Zhou named Wen Wang began to plan to overthrow the Shang Dynasty. It took many years, but finally Wen Wang’s son, Wu Wang, led an army across the Yellow River to defeat the King of the Shang Dynasty.
Detailed explanation-5: -The longest of the ancient China’s dynasties was the Zhou dynasty, which ruled from 1046 B.C.E. to 256 B.C.E. The Zhou period is divided into two eras: Western Zhou (1046–771 B.C.E.), with the capital at Haojing, and Eastern Zhou (770–256 B.C.E.), where the capital was moved to Luoyang due to conflict.