State · 1101 – 256 BCE
Zhou dynasty
A state of 1101 – 256 BCE — 845 years in East and Southeast Asia. It followed Shang dynasty. It was replaced by Qin dynasty. The atlas records 20 things within it — people 20. Its line of rulers holds 38 people, 37 with dated terms. Its own article says it was dissolved by state of Qin in 256.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 845 years
- 1101 BCE – 256 BCE
- Rulers
- 38
- the king
- Most ground
- 699,600 km²
- in 1000 BCE
- Within it
- 20
- recorded rows
Where it sits in time
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
- Shang dynasty · follows · 1600 – 1046 BCE
After it
- Qin dynasty · replaced by · 221 – 206 BCE
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved by state of Qin in 256, -0256. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The Warring States period (c. 475 – 221 BC) that followed saw large-scale warfare and consolidation among what had formerly been Zhou client states, until the Zhou were formally extinguished by the state of Qin in 256 BC.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of king.
29 terms are shared from [object Object],[object Object].
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke of Zhou | 1042 BCE – 1035 BCE | 7 years | ending not on record | |
| King Cheng of Zhou · from the line of Western Zhou | 1042 BCE – 1021 BCE | 21 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| King Kang of Zhou · from the line of Western Zhou | 1020 BCE – 996 BCE | 24 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Zhao of Zhou · from the line of Western Zhou | 996 BCE – 957 BCE | 39 years | died by accidentWikidata's manner of death | child |
| King Mu of Zhou | 976 BCE – 922 BCE | 54 years | ending not on record | child |
| King Gong of Zhou · from the line of Western Zhou | 921 BCE – 909 BCE | 12 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Yih of Zhou · from the line of Western Zhou | 909 BCE – 884 BCE | 25 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Xiao of Zhou · from the line of Western Zhou | 884 BCE – 875 BCE | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| King Li of Zhou | 877 BCE – 841 BCE | 36 years | ending not on record | |
| King Yi of Zhou · from the line of Western Zhou | 875 BCE – 864 BCE | 11 years | ending not on record | parent |
| King Xuan of Zhou · from the line of Western Zhou | 827 BCE – 781 BCE | 46 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | grandchild |
| King You of Zhou | 781 BCE – 771 BCE | 10 years | ending not on record | child |
| King Ping of Zhou | 770 BCE – 720 BCE | 50 years | ending not on record | child |
| King Huan of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 719 BCE – 697 BCE | 22 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | grandchild |
| King Zhuang of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 696 BCE – 682 BCE | 14 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Xi of Zhou | 681 BCE – 677 BCE | 4 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Hui of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 676 BCE – 651 BCE | 25 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | child |
| King Xiang of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 652 BCE – 619 BCE | 33 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Qing of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 618 BCE – 613 BCE | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Kuang of Zhou | 612 BCE – 607 BCE | 5 years | ending not on record | child |
| King Ding of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 606 BCE – 586 BCE | 20 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| King Jian of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 585 BCE – 572 BCE | 13 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Ling of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 571 BCE – 545 BCE | 26 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Jing of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 544 BCE – 520 BCE | 24 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Dao of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 520 BCE – 520 BCE | under a year | killedWikidata's manner of death | child |
| King Jing of Zhou (Gai) · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 519 BCE – 477 BCE | 42 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Yuan of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 476 BCE – 469 BCE | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Zhending of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 468 BCE – 441 BCE | 27 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Si of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 441 BCE – 441 BCE | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Ai of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 441 BCE – 441 BCE | under a year | killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | sibling |
| King Kao of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 440 BCE – 426 BCE | 14 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| King Weilie of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 425 BCE – 402 BCE | 23 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King An of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 402 BCE – 376 BCE | 26 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Lie of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 376 BCE – 369 BCE | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Xian of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 368 BCE – 321 BCE | 47 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| King Shenjing of Zhou · from the line of Eastern Zhou | 320 BCE – 315 BCE | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| King Nan of Zhou | 314 BCE – 256 BCE | 58 years | ending not on record | child |
38 rulers, 37 with terms dated as terms, covering 1042 BCE – 256 BCE. Median reign 21 years. 7 of 36 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”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
699,600 km² in 976 BCE, 699,600 km² in 751 BCE; at its largest 699,600 km² in 976 BCE. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
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.
1200 BCE – 1101 BCE2 rows
- King Wu of Zhou · ruler · 1151 – 1043 BCE
- Duke of Zhou · commander · 1101 – 1032 BCE
1100 BCE – 1001 BCE4 rows
- King Kang of Zhou · ruler · 1051 – 996 BCE
- King Zhao of Zhou · ruler · 1027 – 957 BCE
- King Gong of Zhou · ruler · 1001 – 909 BCE
- King Yih of Zhou · ruler · 1001 – 884 BCE
1000 BCE – 901 BCE1 row
- King Xiao of Zhou · ruler · 951 – 875 BCE
900 BCE – 801 BCE2 rows
- King Xuan of Zhou · ruler · 851 – 781 BCE
- King Li of Zhou · ruler · 851 – 841 BCE
800 BCE – 701 BCE2 rows
- King You of Zhou · ruler · 795 – 771 BCE
- King Ping of Zhou · ruler · 781 – 720 BCE
700 BCE – 601 BCE2 rows
- Laozi · philosopher · 604 – 501 BCE
- King Ling of Zhou · ruler · 601 – 545 BCE
600 BCE – 501 BCE1 row
- King Jing of Zhou (Gai) · ruler · 551 – 477 BCE
500 BCE – 401 BCE5 rows
- Mozi · inventor · 470 – 391 BCE
- King An of Zhou · ruler · 451 – 376 BCE
- King Xian of Zhou · ruler · 401 – 321 BCE
- King Lie of Zhou · ruler · 401 – 369 BCE
- King Nan of Zhou · ruler · 401 – 256 BCE
400 BCE – 301 BCE1 row
- Mencius · philosopher · 372 – 289 BCE
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 stood845 years
stood longer than 96% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held699,600 km²
held more ground at its peak than 79% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- 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 median21 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 66% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record38
has more rulers on record than 96% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 1 result, 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.
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
- On the timeline, 1186 BCE – 171 BCE, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1000 BCE, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q35216 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.