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The Zhou (Chou), a people living to the west in the region of modern Sian in the Wei Valley of China, overthrow the Shang Dynasty and establish the early or Western Zhou period. The power of the provincial lords, in concert with incursions by the Shanrong nomads, eventually weakens the state to the point of collapse.
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