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Zhou Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (907 words) |
 | In 771 BC, after King You had replaced his queen with a concubine Baosi, the capital was then sacked by the joint force of the queen's father, who was the powerful Marquess of Shen, and the barbarians. |
 | The capital was moved eastward in 722 BC to Luoyang in present-day Henan Province. |
 | The first, from 722 to 481 BC, is called the Spring and Autumn Period, after a famous historical chronicle of the time; the second is known as the Warring States Period. |
| 9th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (127 words) |
 | Battle of Karkar (853 BC) - An indecisive engagement between Assyrian king Shalmaneser II and a military alliance of the king of Damascus and lesser powers including the prince of Tyre |
 | Beginning of the Iron Age in Central Europe, spread of the Proto-Celtic Hallstatt culture |
 | Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria (858 - 824 BC) |