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known that parts of the Great Wall the stronger ones conquered the

of China were built during the Zhou weaker till there were only a few left.

era, People during this era belonged Finally, one state, the Qin, conquered

to one of the three groups; nobles, all its rivals and its ruler became the

merchants or peasants. Then in 771, emperor of China. So began the Qin

the Rong, a people from the west, dynasty.

invaded and the Zhou moved their

capital to Luoyang. Afterwards the

power of the Zhou kings naturally

declined. So the Zhou state broke

up into separate states. The nobles

under the Zhou king effectively

became independent rulers, and the

different states went to war and