006 - The Beginning of the Powder Keg

The Zhou Dynasty begins....then immediately faces its demise just three years into it all. But the Duke of Zhou comes to the rescue

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Listen to this episode from The History of China on Spotify. The Zhou Dynasty begins....then immediately faces its demise just three years into it all. But the Duke of Zhou comes to the rescue

King Cheng

Obviously later in his life

Map of the Western Zhou

Slowly but surely….each Dynasty gets a little bigger as more of ancient China developed and more and more conquest occured.

Later depiction of the Duke of Zhou