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title: "Zhou Dynasty Succession Dispute & Civil War"
year: 1046
country: "China"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1046/zhou-dynastic-war"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1046-01-01"
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# Zhou Dynasty Succession Dispute & Civil War

> The transition from Shang to Zhou dynasties involved contested legitimacy and recorded warfare, creating early Chinese precedent for dynastic succession and contested sovereignty.

## Summary

A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state. The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. The term is a calque of Latin bellum civile which was used to refer to the various civil wars of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. Civil here means "of/related to citizens", a civil war being a war between the citizenry, rather than with an outsider.

## Sources

- [Civil war](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war) - Wikipedia

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