Battle of Muye
Shang falls and the Mandate of Heaven is born
King Wu of Zhou defeated the army of Di Xin, the last Shang king, and founded the Zhou dynasty. The victory was justified by the 'Mandate of Heaven', an idea that underpinned Chinese politics for three millennia.
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