Muye

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Muye was the site of an ancient Chinese battlefield where the Zhou forces decisively overthrew the Shang dynasty.

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Muye canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient battlefield
historical site
associatedDynasty Shang dynasty
Zhou dynasty
associatedWithConcept Mandate of Heaven
combatant Shang forces
Zhou forces
commander King Wu of Zhou
consequence beginning of Zhou feudal order
end of Shang rule over much of northern China
country China
dateOfEvent c. 1046 BCE
hasLegacy symbol of dynastic change in Chinese historiography
historicalPeriod early Western Zhou period
late Shang dynasty
linked to: Shang dynasty
languageOfName Chinese
locatedIn near present-day Xinxiang, Henan, China
near the Shang capital Yin (near Anyang, Henan)
mentionedIn Bamboo Annals
Book of Documents
Records of the Grand Historian
opposingCommander King Zhou of Shang
overthrowOf Shang dynasty
partOf Central Plains of China
region Yellow River basin
resultedIn establishment of the Zhou dynasty
roleInHistory site of decisive Zhou victory over Shang
significantEvent Battle of Muye
transliterationSystem Pinyin
linked to: Hanyu Pinyin
typeOfConflict dynastic war

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