WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA

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The Zhou dynasty ruled before the ____ dynasty
A
Chandragupta Maurya
B
caste system
C
Han
D
Merchants from the Indus River Valley traded with merchants from the Middle East.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Han dynasty was the second great imperial dynasty of China (206 BCE–220 CE), after the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BCE). It succeeded the Qin dynasty (221–207 BCE).

Detailed explanation-3: -The period of the Three Kingdoms followed immediately after the loss of the de facto power of the Han Dynasty emperors and the foundation of the Sui Dynasty. The three kingdoms were Wèi (), Shǔ (), and Wú ().

Detailed explanation-4: -Wuwang, Wade-Giles romanization Wu-wang, personal name (xingming) Ji Fa, (flourished 11th century bc, China), reign name (nianhao) of the founder and first ruler (1046–43 bc) of the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 bc).

Detailed explanation-5: -After the civil war that followed the death of Qin Shihuang in 210 B.C., China was reunited under the rule of the Han dynasty, which is divided into two major periods: the Western or Former Han (206 B.C.–9 A.D.) and the Eastern or Later Han (25–220 A.D.).

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