Zhou

=**//__Facts about Zhou:__//**= 1. Poor communication which made it hard for the government to control the large population. 2. When the tyrant King Li came into the throne, he drove the Zhou dynasty into chaos. He was then overthrown by his people and exiled. 3. After the King Zhou Wenwang died, his son succeeded to the throne. He immediately made the preparations for was and then he killed King Zhou. 4. The second period of the Zhou Dynasty was overthrown when the kings connections with the feudal lords lost him his power because they found out that he could be beaten. 5. When the royal line was broken at the end of the Zhou dynasty, the royal courts declined and the fragmentation of dynasty accelerated. This caused the downfall of the Zhou Dynasty. 6. The Zhou kings lost control of the territories they had delegated to their lords. These territories, along with non-Chinese forces, rebelled and defeated the original Zhou capital.