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the gods gave them rights to rule! :)
They had the Mandate of Heaven, which is the divine right to rule from the gods.
They thought that their rulers were matched by heaven?!?!?!?!
the gods gave them rights to rule! :)
Well the Zhou dynasty overthrew the Shang using the mandate of heaven (the rule of heaven saying that kings must be fair and virtuous) because the shang kings were becomeing self-centered and using tax money for their benifit, and not the people's benifit. (does that answer your question?)
the gods gave them rights to rule! :)
It didn't because the zhou was the king of the shang dynasty
Zhou
A Monarchy is a system of rule by kings.
zhou dynasty for 806 years
according to this idea, heaven gave power to the king or leader, and no one ruled without heavens pemission.if a king was founed to be bad,heaven would support another leader.
He believe there need to be philosopher-kings who will have the abilities to rule fairly.