The territory of the Zhou people partly bordered the Shang territory. Sometimes the two neighbors lived peacefully side by side. At other times, they fought over land. Finally they conjured the Shang’s in 1122 B.C. The Zhou dynasty ruled China for almost a 1,000 years. This long period is divided into two parts, the early western beginning and the later eastern part. Near the end a period of time came called the Warring States. During that time small kingdoms fought for control until a new dynasty came upon them the
