Line of time by Mark Pritchard

1046-256 BCE The Zhou Dynasty

mcmurtrielucas — 2025-09-10 20:00:51 UTC

1. The Zhou Dynasty rose by revolution.

The mandate of Heaven was the notion that the emperor received their power from divine intervention.
This is a term historians use to describe the rise and fall of dynasties in China.
They invented copper chariots and the ability to write.
The The Zhou claimed the king was immoral and the gods did not want him to be king, ending the fall.

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pritchardmark — 2025-09-10 20:03:19 UTC

The Shang Dynasty was a hereditary Monarchy that relied on the king's decisions.

Their religion was a polytheistic system where people worshiped their ancestors.

Their culture valued both their ancestors and their speech, as well as their rituals.

It eventually ended with a revolution that the Zhou empire won.

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mcmurtrielucas — 2025-09-11 19:27:39 UTC

1. The Qin Dynasty Rose by consolidating power after the warring states period.

Important leaders in the Qin dynasty included Qin Shi Huang and Ying Zheng.
The Great Wall of China was built to protect China and stretched 13,171 miles

4.The terracotta army was an army of terracotta soldiers about 5 square kilometers made to guard the burial site of the emperor of the time (Qin Shi Huang)

5.The Qin Dynasty ended with the economic collapse, and with the dynasty essentially collapsing as a whole after their emperor Qin Shi Huang died

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Qin-dynasty
Sources:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Qin-Shi-Huang