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Following the fall of the Zhou capital and the death of the king at the hands of invading nomads from the steppes, the Zhou Dynasty of China moves its capital eastward to Luoyang (modern Honan Province), initiating the period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Construction of the Great Wall begins in the seventh century B.C.E. as the vassal states in the northern parts of the country build individual walls for defensive purposes. Luoyang remains the capital of the Eastern Zhou kings until the state is annexed in 256 B.C.E. by Qin Shihuangdi, the First Emperor of Qin (Ch'in).
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