Cognates

• nobles/nobles : high-class person

• mandate/mandato: order or command

• conquer/conquistar: take power

• political/politico: government

• inherit/heredar: get something from your parents when they die

• disorder/desorden... chaos/trouble

Non-Cognates

• peasant...campesino

• heaven...cielo

• power...poder

• land...tierra

• warring...en guerra

The Zhou Dynasty began in 1100sBC... (2021+1100 = 3100 years ago)

How did the Shang Dynasty end?

• King Zi Zhou was a cruel, mean ruler

• King Wu believed that God would allow him to conquer King Zi Zhou

• If that happened, ruling was his God-given destiny

• Shang Dynasty---->Zhou Dynasty

Mandate of Heaven

Zhou kings starting with Wu thought that they would be allowed to rule BY HEAVEN as long as they showed good qualities.

Mandate=an Order

Demand: I demand you listen!

Command: I am in command !

Mandatory: This meeting is mandatory !

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Do you see a pattern here?

Zhou Social Classes

Look at the chart. Who owned of the land in China?

Social Classes Cause Problems

• Nobles inherited land from their fathers

• Sons stopped being loyal to the king

• Nobles wanted more power

• Nobles began to fight each other for more territory

Warring States Period

• Fighting became brutal

• Family members fought each other

• Some sons even killed their own fathers!

• These CIVIL wars lasted 200 years!

• China needed help to bring order back!