2. Compare the birth of Chinese civilization to ancient Greece.

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The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu [ʈʂóu]) was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang dynasty and preceded the Qin dynasty. The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history (790 years). The military control of China by the royal house, surnamed Ji, lasted initially from 1046 until 771 BC for a period known as the Western Zhou and the political sphere of influence it created continued well into the Eastern Zhou period for another 500 years.
During the Zhou dynasty, centralized power decreased throughout the Spring and Autumn period until the Warring States period in the last two centuries of the dynasty. In the latter period, the Zhou court had little control over its constituent states that were at war with each other until the Qin state consolidated power and formed the Qin dynasty in 221 BC. The Zhou dynasty had formally collapsed only 35 years earlier, although the dynasty had only nominal power at that point.

Ancient China turns into the Bronze Age, as The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu [ʈʂo ́u] 1046BC –314 BC) destroyed The Shang dynasty (Chinese: 商朝; pinyin: Shāngcháo 1600 BC ~ 1046 BC)

I compared The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu [ʈʂo ́u] 1046BC –314 BC) to The Mycenaean civilization(1600 BC – c. 1100 BC).

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Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1600–1100 BC. It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainland Greece with its palatial states, urban organization, works of art, and writing system.[1][2] The most prominent site was Mycenae, in the Argolid, after which the culture of this era is named. Other centers of power that emerged included Pylos, Tiryns, Midea in the Peloponnese, Orchomenos, Thebes, Athens in Central Greece and Iolcos in Thessaly. Mycenaean and Mycenaean-influenced settlements also appeared in Epirus,[3][4] Macedonia,[5][6] on islands in the Aegean Sea, on the coast of Asia Minor, the Levant,[7] Cyprus[8] and Italy.[9]
The Mycenaean Greeks introduced several innovations in the fields of engineering, architecture and military infrastructure, while trade over vast areas of the Mediterranean was essential for the Mycenaean economy. Their syllabic script, the Linear B, offers the first written records of the Indo-European Greek language and their religion already included several deities that can also be found in the Olympic Pantheon. Mycenaean Greece was dominated by a warrior elite society and consisted of a network of palace-centered states that developed rigid hierarchical, political, social and economic systems. At the head of this society was the king, known as wanax.

The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu [ʈʂo ́u] 1046BC –314 BC) and The Mycenaean civilization (1600 BC – c. 1100 BC) have many similarities.

The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu [ʈʂo ́u] 1046BC –314 BC) was the first to create a prototype of Chinese history, culture, thought, character, religions, and the world.

Probably they will laugh at the poor English-speaking Korean interpreting ancient Greek civilizations to Americans.😅
Still I will make my claim to the end.@valued-customer and @roleerob probably know better than me about Greek civilization.

The Mycenaean civilization (1600 BC – c. 1100 BC) was the era of the first European historical and literary works, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Some Europeans place the Iliad and the Odyssey in the same position as the Bible.

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It is also claimed that the Mycenaeans fought war with the ancient Israelites. Some Europeans claimed that Samson and David fought the Mycenaeans = the Philistines.

The Mycenaean civilization (1600 BC – c. 1100 BC) built the foundations of ancient Greek civilization, dominating Crete and mainland Greece.

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Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries. The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1450 BC.[1] It is descended from the older Linear A, an undeciphered earlier script used for writing the Minoan language, as is the later Cypriot syllabary, which also recorded Greek. Linear B, found mainly in the palace archives at Knossos, Cydonia,[2] Pylos, Thebes and Mycenae,[3] disappeared with the fall of Mycenaean civilization during the Late Bronze Age collapse. The succeeding period, known as the Greek Dark Ages, provides no evidence of the use of writing. It is also the only one of the Bronze Age Aegean scripts to have been deciphered, by English architect and self-taught linguist Michael Ventris.[4]

In particular, The Mycenaean civilization (1600 BC – c. 1100 BC) became the direct ancestor of the ancient Greeks by creating the first ancient Greek letter Linear B.

The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu [ʈʂo ́u] 1046BC –314 BC) and
The Mycenaean civilization (1600 BC – c. 1100 BC) was similar in that it became a direct ancestor of Chinese and Greek civilizations, respectively.

It even had a similar process of birth, development, expansion, and end of two civilizations.

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Over time, this decentralized system became strained as the familial relationships between the Zhou kings and the regional dynasties thinned over the generations. Peripheral territories developed local power and prestige on par with that of the Zhou.[19] When King You demoted and exiled his Jiang queen in favor of the beautiful commoner Bao Si, the disgraced queen's father the Marquis of Shen joined with Zeng and the Quanrong barbarians to sack Hao in 771 BC. Some modern scholars have surmised that the sack of Haojing might have been connected to a Scythian raid from the Altai before their westward expansion.[20] With King You dead, a conclave of nobles met at Shen and declared the Marquis's grandson King Ping. The capital was moved eastward to Wangcheng,[1] marking the end of the "Western Zhou" (西周, p Xī Zhōu) and the beginning of the "Eastern Zhou" dynasty (东周, p Dōng Zhōu).

The Quanrong (Chinese: 犬戎; pinyin: Quǎn Róng) invaded The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu [ʈʂo ́u] 1046BC –314 BC).
So, The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu [ʈʂo ́u] 1046BC –314 BC) moved the capital from Haojing (Chinese: 鎬京; pinyin: Hàojīng) to Wangcheng (Chinese: 王城).(771 BC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanrong

Modern Chinese historians claim that the "Western Zhou" (西周, p Xī Zhōu) was destroyed in 771 BC, and the "Eastern Zhou" dynasty (东周, p Dōng Zhōu) began.

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After the "Eastern Zhou" dynasty (东周, p Dōng Zhōu) period, the Spring and Autumn period (Traditional Chinese 春秋時代 771 to 476 BC (or until 403 BC) opened, and China entered the dark period of 550 years. Wars, slaughter, looting, arson, rape, assassination, and treason were commonplace.

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The Mycenaean civilization (1600 BC – c. 1100 BC) collapsed into The Dorian invasion.

The Greek Dark Ages, Homeric Age[citation needed] (named for the fabled poet, Homer) or Geometric period (so called after the characteristic Geometric art of the time),[1] is the period of Greek history from the end of the Mycenaean palatial civilization around 1100 BC to the first signs of the Greek poleis (city-states) in the 9th century BC.
The archaeological evidence shows a widespread collapse of Bronze Age civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean world at the outset of the period, as the great palaces and cities of the Mycenaeans were destroyed or abandoned. At about the same time, the Hittite civilization suffered serious disruption and cities from Troy to Gaza were destroyed and in Egypt the New Kingdom fell into disarray that led to the Third Intermediate Period.

This period was called The Greek Dark Ages (1200 BC – 750 BC). Through this period, ancient Greek civilizations such as Athens, Sparta, and Macedonia were completed.

The Zhou dynasty (Chinese: 周; pinyin: Zhōu [ʈʂo ́u] 1046BC –314 BC) and
The Mycenaean civilization (1600 BC – c. 1100 BC) each completed ancient Chinese and European civilizations.

Both civilizations existed on opposite sides of the Earth at about the same time.
The two civilizations had many similar sides as twins.
So, I compared the two civilizations.

I want to write more, but it was difficult with my poor English skills. It was limited by my English ability at the level of elementary school students in the United States.

I would like to continue writing articles comparing Chinese and European civilizations.
So, I ask for your attention and help.