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As the four major states were still at wars. The Qin, a much smaller, underestimated state, had taken over. The Zhou dynasty was never a unified kingdom. It had many internal wars in the battle for power. The state had only marital relations with the Zhou and in the end had ended up taking over and thus begins the era of the Qin Dynasty
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Sun Tzu, a military general, had written a book telling of his war experiences and how war is fought, how countries win, and what they have to do in order to win. The book became vastly famous and was read by many even today
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After a long rivalry and many small skirmishes. The development of the four major states had made their name. Jin was the state that was in the center, Qin was in the west, Chu was in the south, and Qi was in the east. These four states continued to fight for dominance of land an power and hoped to expand their territory and army.
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Confucius was born on 551 BCE
He was a philosopher whos teachings had centralized around personal growth, sincerity, and justice. His teachings were the founding basis of what Chinese culture is today- strong family loyalty, ancestor worship, and respect of elders by children and younger family members. -
Founded by confucius, developed as the code of ethics for nearly all of ancient to modern day China. It went by the Mandate of heaven- one ruler with the approval of god. And held strict principles of respecting ones elders and holding family loyalty above all else. To be just, sincere, and to behave properly in your role in life.
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Some of the chinese have begun to mint coins and make them out of bronze and copper and they were the standards of coins up until the 19th century. This had laid down the basis of the early development of the "gold coins" we later see in China
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The Zhou establish a new capital at Luoyang, they replace the Ji as the dominant clan and expand their territory to Luoyang. Emporer Ping is made ruler of the country but only as a simple public figure.
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The power of some Zhou rulers begin to decline. They break off and divide into smaller, fewer territories and have no interest in remaining loyal to the emporer. This gave rise to the eastern zhou dynasty.
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Under the rule of King Wu, the Zhou over throw the Shang and reveal the concept of the Mandate Of Heaven, which suggests that only one king may rule china and only that king will have the approval of heaven.
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In a state of economic reform, the state of Lu develops a "Tax By Land" system, where each owner of land is taxed depending on how big the size of the land is. The system had vastly increased country revenue.
