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Name: Guzhu

Type: Polity

Start: 770 BC

End: 660 BC

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Was one of many small polities that emerged during the Chinese Spring and Autumn Period.

Establishment


  • January 770 BC: The polity is assumed to existed since the start of the Spring and Autumn period in 770 BC.
  • Chronology


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    Disestablishment


  • January 659 BC: In 664 BC, Guzhu, already weakened, saw its monarch was killed by a Qi-Yan coalition during an expedition against the Shanrong. In 660 BC, Qi and Yan annexed Guzhu finally.
  • Selected Sources


  • Cho-yun, H. (1999): The Spring and Autumn period In Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press, pp. 545-586
  • States of Zhou Dynasty, Wikipedia, 10 july 2017, https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:States_of_Zhou_Dynasty.png
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