The last king was killed c.1150 BCE. The dynasty that ruled next was the Western Zhou dynasty(1027-771BCE). The Zhou kings had a similar culture to the Shang kings. Thus, the change in dynasty did not result in the end of Shang Civilisation. Around 771 BCE, a group of people killed the Zhou king and his son had to move his capital eastward. His dynasty was known as the Eastern Zhou dynasty(771-221 BCE).
However, fighting between the people continued and the last 232 years of the Eastern Zhou dynasty was known as the Period of Warring States. During this period, the northern part of China was broken up into several competing kingdoms. Finally, in 221 BCE, a prince manged to unite these kingdoms to form the first Chinese empire under the Qin dynasty(221-206 BCE).
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