# Canonical recap data for Zhou Dynasty Political Assembly (1046)
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slug: zhou-mandate-heaven
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1046/zhou-mandate-heaven"
title: Zhou Dynasty Political Assembly
subtitle: The Mandate of Heaven decree established procedural succession and legitimacy criteria that governed East Asian governance for millennia.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1046-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1046
decade: 1040
country:
name: China
slug: china
summaryShort: The Zhou dynasty was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period, the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military control over territories centered on the Wei River valley and North China Plain. Even as Z
summaryLong: The Zhou dynasty was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period, the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military control over territories centered on the Wei River valley and North China Plain. Even as Zhou suzerainty became increasingly ceremonial over the following Eastern Zhou period (771–256 BC), the political system created by the Zhou royal house survived in some form for several additional centuries. A date of 1046 BC for the Zhou's establishment is supported by the Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project and David Pankenier, but David Nivison and Edward L. Shaughnessy date the establishment to 1045 BC.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Fittings_in_the_form_of_tigers%2C_Baoji%2C_Shaanxi_province%2C_Middle_Western_Zhou_dynasty%2C_c._900_BC%2C_bronze_-_Freer_Gallery_of_Art_-_DSC05756.JPG/1280px-Fittings_in_the_form_of_tigers%2C_Baoji%2C_Shaanxi_province%2C_Middle_Western_Zhou_dynasty%2C_c._900_BC%2C_bronze_-_Freer_Gallery_of_Art_-_DSC05756.JPG"
heroImageCredit: Daderot · via Wikipedia
importance: 73
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_dynasty"
  title: Zhou dynasty
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
- war
metaDescription: The Zhou dynasty was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. Durin
wikidataQid: Q35216
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260628195720/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_dynasty"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-28
  label: Zhou dynasty
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_dynasty"
