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The Battle of Mingtiao was a battle between the Shang state and the Xia dynasty, resulting in a Shang victory which created the elevation circumstances of the Duke of Shang to the throne of China as the Shang dynasty. [1] [2]
The Zhou defeated the Shang at Muye and captured the Shang capital Yin, marking the end of the Shang and the establishment of the Zhou dynasty—an event that features prominently in Chinese historiography as an example of the Mandate of Heaven theory that functioned to justify dynastic conquest throughout Chinese history.
King Zhou (; Chinese: 紂王; pinyin: Zhòu Wáng) was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin of Shang (商帝辛; Shāng Dì Xīn) or Shou, King of Shang (商王受; Shāng Wáng Shòu), the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China. [4] He is also called Zhou Xin (紂辛; Zhòu Xīn).
Following his death, his son King Wu of Zhou defeated the Shang dynasty and conquered the latter's capital of Yin in 1046 BC. [29] The Zhou dynasty supplanted the old Shang rule, but uncertainty and unrest remained. [30] Most of the eastern vassal states remained loyal to the fallen Shang dynasty and resented the new "barbarian" rulers.
The Shang dynasty (Chinese: 商朝; pinyin: Shāng cháo), also known as the Yin dynasty (殷代; Yīn dài), was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty. The classic account of the Shang comes from texts such ...
The Xia dynasty is overthrown and replaced by the Shang dynasty. [citation needed] 1046 BCE Battle of Muye: The Shang dynasty is overthrown and replaced by the Zhou dynasty. c. 1042–1039 BCE Rebellion of the Three Guards: The Zhou dynasty defeats the discontented Zhou princes, and their Shang loyalist allies. 771 BCE Battle of Mount Li (Lishan)
The Zhou dynasty (/dʒoʊ/ JOH) 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 ( c. 1046 – 771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji , had military control over territories centered on the Wei River valley and North China Plain .
The Shang army fought against Jie's Xia forces at Mingtiao (鳴條) in a heavy thunderstorm and defeated them. Jie himself escaped and fled to Sanzong. The Shang forces under their general Wuzi pursued Jie to Cheng , captured him at Jiaomen, and deposed him, bringing the Xia dynasty to an end.