WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Many later historians viewed the Shang Dynasty as a “Golden Age.” In 1046 B.C.E., the Shang king was overthrown by the first Zhou king. The Shang dynasty then came to an end. The Zhou dynasty was the longest of ancient China’s dynasties.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhōu [ʈʂóʊ]; Old Chinese (B&S): *tiw) was a royal dynasty of China (1046 BC – 256 BC) that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Zhou Dynasty made significant cultural contributions to agriculture, education, military organization, Chinese literature, music, philosophical schools of thought, and social stratification as well as political and religious innovations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Trade was increased, towns grew up, coinage was developed, chopsticks came into use, and the Chinese writing system was created out of its primitive beginnings in the Shang period. There was also a great philosophical flowering: the schools of Confucianism, Daoism, and legalism developed in that period.

Detailed explanation-5: -Wenwang, Wade-Giles romanization Wen-wang, also called Xi Bo, (flourished 11th century bc, China), father of Ji Fa (the Wuwang emperor), the founder of the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 bc) and one of the sage rulers regarded by Confucian historians as a model king.