Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1046 – 771 BCE

Western Zhou

A state of 1046 – 771 BCE — 275 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Shang dynasty and Late Shang. It was replaced by Eastern Zhou. The atlas records 2 things within it — people 2. Its line of rulers holds 11 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
275 years
1046 BCE – 771 BCE
Rulers
11
the Chinese king
Within it
2
recorded rows

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Shang dynasty: 1600 BCE – 1046 BCEEastern Zhou: 771 BCE – 256 BCEWestern Zhou: 1046 BCE – 771 BCE

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

  • Late Shang · replaces
  • Shang dynasty · replaces · 1600 – 1046 BCE

After it

Rulers

The line of Chinese king.

King Cheng of Zhou · 1042 BCE – 1021 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedKing Kang of Zhou · 1020 BCE – 996 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedKing Zhao of Zhou · 996 BCE – 957 BCE · died by accidentKing Mu of Zhou · 957 BCE – 921 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathKing Gong of Zhou · 921 BCE – 909 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedKing Yih of Zhou · 909 BCE – 884 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedKing Xiao of Zhou · 884 BCE – 875 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedKing Yi of Zhou · 875 BCE – 864 BCE · no death date to read the end againstKing Li of Zhou · 864 BCE – 841 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedKing Xuan of Zhou · 827 BCE – 781 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedKing You of Zhou · 781 BCE – 771 BCE · died in office, manner not recorded1000 BCE950 BCE900 BCE850 BCE800 BCE
died in officeending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
King Cheng of Zhou1042 BCE – 1021 BCE21 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
King Kang of Zhou1020 BCE – 996 BCE24 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
King Zhao of Zhou996 BCE – 957 BCE39 yearsdied by accidentWikidata's manner of deathchild
King Mu of Zhou957 BCE – 921 BCE36 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
King Gong of Zhou921 BCE – 909 BCE12 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
King Yih of Zhou909 BCE – 884 BCE25 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
King Xiao of Zhou884 BCE – 875 BCE9 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
King Yi of Zhou875 BCE – 864 BCE11 yearsending not on record
King Li of Zhou864 BCE – 841 BCE23 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
King Xuan of Zhou827 BCE – 781 BCE46 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
King You of Zhou781 BCE – 771 BCE10 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild

11 rulers, 11 with terms dated as terms, covering 1042 BCE – 771 BCE. Median reign 23 years. 0 of 10 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1100 BCE – 1001 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1100 BCE1000 BCE – 901 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1000 BCE900 BCE – 801 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other900 BCE800 BCE – 701 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other800 BCE

1000 BCE – 901 BCE1 row

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood275 years

    stood longer than 71% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median23 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 70% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record11

    has more rulers on record than 83% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 3 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Shang dynasty · Linked · 1600 BCE – 1046 BCEShang dynastyLate Shang · Linked · 1250 BCE – 1046 BCELate ShangJiang Ziya · Coincidence · 1128 BCE – 1015 BCEJiang ZiyaWestern Zhou · 1046 BCE – 771 BCEWestern ZhouEastern Zhou · Linked · 771 BCE – 256 BCEEastern Zhou1500 BCE1000 BCE500 BCE
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Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q1069609 (CC0) · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.