The Zhou Dynasty:

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The Zhou Dynasty

• Chinas Longest running dynasty

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Do-Now

• Agree or disagree
• A good leader is one who thinks only about the
  best interest of his people.

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Aim

• How did the Zhou dynasty rule its territories?

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Zhou settled along the Wei River
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Mandate of Heaven

• Connected religious life and political life.
• The monarch was called the son of heaven
• Tian, the Zhous highest deity (god), gives the
  ruler authority as long as he is just and acts in
  the welfare of his people.
• Heaven could withdraw this mandate and give it
  to a more worthy ruler and family.
• HOW DOES THIS MANDATE CREATE STABILITY?

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Feudalism
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Where do priests and artisans fit in?

• Priests did important work like reading oracle
  bones.
• Artisans created beautiful and useful tools and
  artifacts out of bone, bronze and jade.

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Problem

• New states grew around the central states and it
  was difficult to rule them and maintain order.

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Solution

• Bureaucrats
• A new class of public officials who were mostly
  teachers and scholars and who would advise rulers
  about correct behavior.