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The Zhou Dynasty: China’s Longest running dynasty Do-Now: • Agree or disagree: A good leader is one who thinks only about the best interest of his people. Aim: • How did the Zhou dynasty rule its territories? Zhou settled along the Wei River Mandate of Heaven: • Connected religious life and political life. • The monarch was called the “son of heaven” • Tian, the Zhou’s highest deity (god), gives the ruler authority as long as he is just and acts in the welfare of his people. • Heaven could withdraw this “mandate” and give it to a more worthy ruler and family. HOW DOES THIS MANDATE CREATE STABILITY? Feudalism KING:owns land. Lords/Nobles: Get land from King and pay him with loyalty , products an military. Peasants/farmers work the land , serve the military and do public service work. Where do priests and artisans fit in? • Priests did important work like reading oracle bones. • Artisans created beautiful and useful tools and artifacts out of bone, bronze and jade. Problem • New states grew around the central states and it was difficult to rule them and maintain order. Solution Bureaucrats • A new class of public officials who were mostly teachers and scholars and who would advise rulers about correct behavior.