World-changing1046 BCE
Battle of Muye
Muye · near Yin (Shang capital) · Henan
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
Decisive battle in which King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang dynasty, capturing the capital and founding the Zhou dynasty. The victory became the classic justification for the Mandate of Heaven doctrine.
Belligerents2
- Zhou
- Shang dynasty
ON THE MAPZhou DynastyShang Dynasty
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Muye
- Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project (date c. 1046 BC)
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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