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The Predynastic Zhou rose in power during his reign, led by Ji, King of Zhou [64] Di Yi 帝乙: Zi Xian 子羡: 1101–1076 (24–25 years) 1105–1087 (17–18 years) Son of Wen Wu Ding Yin: Supposedly married his daughter to King Wen of Zhou, [65] [66] or married his sister to Ji, King of Zhou [67] Di Xin 帝辛 (紂) Zi Shou 子受: 1075 ...
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For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.Beginning with the establishment of dynastic rule by Yu the Great c. 2070 BC, [1] and ending with the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor in AD 1912, Chinese historiography came to organize itself around the succession of monarchical dynasties.
Nurhaci (1559–1626), khan of the Jurchens, founded the Later Jin dynasty in 1616 in reference to the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty (1115–1234) that had once ruled over northern China. His son and successor Hong Taiji (1592–1643) renamed his people " Manchu " in 1635 and changed the name of Nurhaci's state from "Great Jin" to "Great Qing" in 1636.
China was a monarchy from prehistoric times up to 1912, when a republic was established. The succession of legendary monarchs of China were non-hereditary. Dynastic rule began c. 2070 BC when Yu the Great established the Xia dynasty, [d] and monarchy lasted until 1912 when dynastic rule collapsed together with the monarchical government. [5]
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The rulers of the previous Shang (c. 1600 – c. 1050 BC) and Zhou (c. 1056 – 256 BC) dynasties were referred to as 'king' (王 wáng). [11] By the time of the Zhou dynasty, they were also referred to as the Son of Heaven. [11] In 221 BC, King Ying Zheng of Qin completed the conquest of all the Warring States of ancient China.