with Wu openly ruling in his name. In 690AD, she forced him to step down, declaring herself the founding emperor of a new Zhou dynasty, and taking the name Wu Zetian. But as brutal as her rise ...

King Wu of Zhou led an army of around 50,000 soldiers ... It was the end of the Shang dynasty.

a typical Zhou Dynasty (1046BC-256BC) copper smelting site in the lower Yangtze River region, was part of the early Wu Kingdom's official industrial system. Wang Zhigao, the lead archaeologist of ...