A war in 550 BC: Cyrus the Great vs. Zhou Dynasty - Page 2 - Historum

heavenlykaghan · April 16th, 2012, 10:58 PM

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I fear that Zhou as itself at 550BC was rather weak. It had lost considerable control over the feudal states.

The Zhou state was weak, but the Jin wasn't. China has been under the hegemony of the Jin state for most of the 5th century. All the major states, such as Qi, Song, Deng, and Lu were under the control of the Jin at this time. So China was not disunited, although far from centralized control.

I'm not sure what the thread is trying to answer, an invasion of China by Cyrus and vice versa or merely a military comparison? The former is virtually impossible at this time.

**Alcibiades** · May 17th, 2012, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by heavenlykaghan

This would probably give the total people in states under Jin hegemony to be over 20 million, this was probably more populous than the Persian Empire at this date, but no where near as centralized as the satraps under the Persian Empire.

System of satrapal rule was not introduced until the early 510s,and the rule of Darius I.