For over 800 years from around 1050BC to 221BC, China was organised as a feudal state under the Zhou dynasty.

China: In the far Eastern corner of China the Zhou Dynasty, a feudal-type society based on family dynasties, was coming to the end of a long period of decline. Originating in 1027 BC the Zhou had ...

when the Zhou kings' feudal system was starting to break down and they were forced to flee a nomadic invasion, leaving their capital in western China for a new capital in the east. The oldest ...