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ID: 901001109
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001109
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Battle of Muye (Chinese history, ca.1046 BCE)

Note: The ruler of the Zhou, King Wu, with the assistance of his brother, the Duke of Zhou, as regent, defeated the Shang at the Battle of Muye.

Display Date: ca. 1046 BCE

Names:
Battle of Muye (Chinese history, ca.1046 BCE) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Mùyě zhī zhàn (Chinese history, ca.1046 BCE) (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin)-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Named Events (P)
....<Asian history> (P)
........Chinese history (P)
............Battle of Muye (Chinese history, ca.1046 BCE) (P)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... battle
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
actor is .... China
.....(Asia) (TGN)
actor is .... unknown Zhou (Zhou cultural designation)
.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)
actor is .... unknown Shang (Shang cultural designation)
.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

Sources:
Battle of Muye (Chinese history, ca.1046 BCE)
................Loewe and Shaughnessy, Ancient China (1999) 292
Mùyě zhī zhàn (Chinese history, ca.1046 BCE)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Loewe and Shaughnessy, Ancient China (1999)

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