摘要
The Zhou was an ancient tribe that inhabited parts of what is now Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Around the 11th century B.C., Wu, the clan’s king, overpowered the decadent Shang Dynasty with a mighty army and set up the Zhou Dynasty.During the early period of the dynasty, Zhou set its capital at the twin cities of Feng and Hao, known collectively as Fenghao, which were located near today’s Xi’an,Shaanxi Province. Historians called the dynasty Western Zhou to distinguish it from the later time period of the Zhou Dynasty which moved its capital east to the city of Luoyi (now Luoyang, Henan Province).
