Antiquity, September 1st, 2004
The Warring States Period (476-221 BC) forms a bridge between the archaic kingdoms of the Shang and Zhou and the highly complex Qin and Han empires. This period witnessed profound socio-political transformation, economic development and intellectual ferment. The Zhou (c. 1050-221 BC) feudal system collapsed, and the powerful Zhou court was eclipsed by numerous contending vassal states. One of these warring states, the Zhongshan, was known only in sparse historical records until the late 1970, when the excavation of the tomb of King Cuo (c. 313 BC) in present-day Hebei Province brought to lig...
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