Many Worlds Under One Heaven: Material Culture, Identity, and Power in the Northern Frontiers of the Western Zhou, 1045-771 Bce
(Part of the Tang Center Series in Early China Series)
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In the mid-eleventh century BCE, the Zhou overthrew the Shang, a dynastic power that had dominated much of northern and central China. Over the next three centuries, they would extend the borders of their political control significantly beyond those of the Shang. The Zhou introduced a political ideology centered on the Mandate of Heaven to justify their victory over the Shang and their territorial expansion, portraying the Zhou king as ruling the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231198426
ISBN13:9780231198424
Release Date:July 2021
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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