What is Zhou dynasty?
{{one source|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = {{aut|周朝}}|conventional_long_name = Zhou Dynasty |common_name = Zhou Dynasty |national_motto = |era = |status = |government_type = Monarchy |year_start = 1045 BC |year_end = 256 BC |p1 = Shang Dynasty |s1 = Qin Dynasty |event_start = [[Battle of Muye]] |event_end = |event1 = |date_event1 = |event2 = |date_event2 = |event3 = |date_event3 = |event4 = |date_event4 = |event5 = |date_event5 = |image_map = China 2a.jpg |image_map_caption = Population concentration and boundaries of the Western Zhou Dynasty (1050–771 BC) in China |capital = [[Xi'an|Haojing]], [[Luoyang]] |common_languages = [[Old Chinese|Chinese]] |religion = [[Chinese folk religion]], [[Hundred Schools of Thought]] |currency = [[Cash (Chinese coin)]], [[Chinese coin]] |leader1 = |leader2 = |year_leader1 = |year_leader2 = |title_leader = [[Chinese sovereign|King]] |legislature = |title_deputy = [[Chancellor (China)|Chancellor]] |stat_year1 = 273 BC |stat_area1 = |stat_pop1 = 30,000,000 |stat_year2 = 230 BC |stat_area2 = |stat_pop2 = 38,000,000 }} The '''Zhou dynasty''' replaced the [[Shang dynasty]] in 1046 BCE. The kings of this dynasty made the empire a lot bigger. For the first time in the history of [[China]], many people began moving to far away places inside the empire. The Zhou rulers moved the capital from Henan to a place near present-day [[Xi'an]], near the [[Yellow River]]. The Zhou [[Dynasty]] also brought the theory of the [[Mandate of Heaven]]. This theory said that the fact that rulers were in charge proved that the gods wanted them to be in charge. Almost all dynasties of Chinese rulers after the Zhou continued to believe this theory. [[:wikt:mature|Mature]] Chinese [[philosophy]] developed during the Zhou Dynasty. The greatest Chinese philosophers were [[Confucius]] ({{lang-zh|c=孔夫子|p=Kǒng Fūzǐ}}), founder of [[Confucianism]], and [[Laozi]], founder of [[Daoism]]. Other philosophers, theorists, and schools of thought from the Zhou Dynasty were [[Mozi]] (Latin: M