Capital Shift to Luoyang and Spring and Autumn Period
770 BCE
Sack of Haojing; decline of Zhou royal power and rise of regional Hégémons (*Ba*).
Sources and References
Zuo Zhuan (Commentaire de Zuo) & Chunqiu (Annales des Printemps et des Automnes)
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Ancient China clusterXia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han: writing, philosophy, unification and the Silk Road.
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Battle of Muye and Mandate of Heaven Doctrine (Zhou)
1046 BCE
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551 BCE
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500 BCE
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Partition of Jin and Start of Warring States Period (*Zhanguo*)
475 BCE
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Legalist Reforms of Shang Yang in the State of Qin
356 BCE
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Peak of Yinxu (Anyang) and Tomb of Queen Fu Hao
1250 BCE
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Composition of Early Upanishads and Metaphysics of Karma and Brahman
800 BCE
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Emergence of the 16 Mahajanapadas (Great Kingdoms and Republics)
600 BCE
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Destruction of Solomon's Temple and Babylonian Exile
586 BCE