Zhou Dynasty

• Mandate of Heaven
  • "God/Heaven picked me as your eligible ruler!! Shut up!!! I am amazing!"
  • Method that Zhou dynasty took to overthrow Shang Dynasty, also with military
  • "Approval" of Heaven
  • Morality itself ("Heaven") deposes corrupt rulers!
  • Concept invoked for 2000 years!
• "He who wins is the king; he who loses is the rebel"
• Zhou Dynasty fades away

Intermission -> Warring States Period (700s BCE - 221 BCE) Qin Shi Huangdi

• Found of the Qin Dynasty (221-202 BCE)
• Most competitive of the Warring States
• Became Qin's leader at age 13
• Unified China!!
• Unified the Great Wall of China (connected the pieces together)
  • 4k miles! (Wide enough for 4 chariots!)
  • Largest structure in history! (length-wise)
  • Lotsadeaths :D
• Most Important Accomplishments
  • 1. Unified China
  • 2. Standardized Script (writing) or One Legal System
  • 3. Standardized Script (writing) or One Legal System
  • 4. Great Wall
• Reason why is coolness wasn't so hot for long (kek)
  • Alienated Peasants -> Taxation
  • Alienated Aristocrats -> Broke up estates
  • Alienated Intellectuals -> Burned books!

Replacement by the Han Dynasty

• Dominant ethnic group