Zhou Dynasty Research Paper

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Our Chinese Dynasty project is gonna be on the Zhou Dynasty. In China’s history it was said to be the longest lasting dynasty which included two different time periods, the Western and Eastern Zhou. The Western Zhou started and ended in 1046-771 BCE and the Eastern Zhou’s time lasted from 770-256 BCE. China had many ideas developed by figures like Confucius, Laozi, and Mencius. The most influential minds were flourished under this Dynasty. People like Confucius, Laozi, and Mencius changed China for the better and some say for worse. They all had philosophies that most people now a days probably disagree with. Confucius’s philosophy was to set laws and if they were broken to give punishment… BAD punishment! Confucius even was able to create