event · evt_world_shang_zhou_transition
Shang-Zhou dynastic transition
Western Zhou rule began after the defeat of the late Shang polity in the mid-eleventh century BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Western Zhou rule began after the defeat of the late Shang polity in the mid-eleventh century BCE.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.
1046 BCE–1045 BCE
Precision: range
highContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · contextualizes
China, 1046-256 B.C.: Western Zhou dynasty overview — The Metropolitan Museum of ArtProvides the orientation date and political context.
Locator: Western Zhou chronology and overview
Interpretation and caveats
The transition provides a major East Asian political marker alongside the Central Asian late second-millennium sequence.
Event context
Classification
Event type: dynastic transition
Evidence layer: historical
Timeline role: general world context
People and places
Locations: Yellow River world-context frame
Why it matters to the timeline
This is broad reader orientation only; no direct causal link to the Central Asian records is asserted.
Research notes
- Provides the orientation date and political context. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Western Zhou chronology and overview.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
China, 1046-256 B.C.: Western Zhou dynasty overview — The Metropolitan Museum of ArtProvides the orientation date and political context.
Locator: Western Zhou chronology and overview
Referenced records
- Yellow River world-context frame · entity