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event · evt_western_zhou_foundation

Foundation of the Western Zhou dynasty

The Zhou conquest established the Western Zhou dynasty and transformed political organization in northern China.

Evidence confidence: high
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What is the evidence?

observation

The Zhou conquest established the Western Zhou dynasty and transformed political organization in northern China.

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Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.

Chronology

Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.

Preferred assertion

1046 BCE–1045 BCE

Precision: conventional year range

Chronology model: Western Zhou conquest chronology

high

Modern chronologies generally place the Zhou conquest in 1046 or 1045 BCE; this range preserves the one-year variation.

  • informs · contextualizes
    Ritual Vessel, Western Zhou Dynasty — Metropolitan Museum of Art (2026)

    Provides broad world-timeline orientation.


    Locator: Museum object record; Western Zhou date and conquest context

Interpretation and caveats

The event is a selective major-world orientation point. This release asserts no contact, causal relationship or shared system with Southern Arabia or the Horn.

Event context

Classification

Event type: dynastic foundation

Evidence layer: historical

Timeline role: general world context

Why it matters to the timeline

The event lets readers situate the regional timeline within a major contemporaneous transformation outside the atlas core, with no unsupported connection implied.

Research notes

  • Provides broad world-timeline orientation. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Museum object record; Western Zhou date and conquest context.

Evidence and sources

  • informs · contextualizes
    Ritual Vessel, Western Zhou Dynasty — Metropolitan Museum of Art (2026)

    Provides broad world-timeline orientation.


    Locator: Museum object record; Western Zhou date and conquest context

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