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.

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Zhou (Zhang Shicheng's kingdom) ( 大周) (1354–1367), a state founded by Zhang Shicheng during the Red Turban Rebellion Zhou (Qing period state) ( 周) (1678–1681), a state founded by Wu Sangui during the Qing dynasty Other uses Zhou (surname) ( 周 ), Chinese surname Zhou (country subdivision) ( 州 ), a political/administrative division of China

The Later Zhou (/ dʒ oʊ /; simplified Chinese: 后周; traditional Chinese: 後周; pinyin: Hòu Zhōu) was the last in a succession of five dynasties that controlled most of northern China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, which lasted from 907 to 960 and bridged the gap between the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty

History Zhou dynasty. In the Zhou dynasty, paofu was one of the basic clothing worn by the Han Chinese people, along with the trousers (kuzi). The style of paofu which was widely worn in this period is the jiaolingpao (i.e. a long robe with a cross-collar closing) which closes to the right.. The jiaolingpao was made with 2-length of fabric which started from the back hem and continued …