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Which of the following ideas was used by Zhou emperors to legitimize their rule and their conquest of the Shang Dynasty?
the Spring and Autumn period
the Mandate of Heaven
oracle bones
Legalism
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The Mandate of Heaven.
Explanation: The Zhou claimed that Heaven (Tian) granted them the right to rule because the Shang had become corrupt and lost virtue. This "Mandate of Heaven" justified the Zhou conquest and explained dynastic change. (Oracle bones were Shang divination tools; the Spring and Autumn period was a later era of Zhou history; Legalism is a later philosophy associated with the Qin.)
Explanation: The Zhou claimed that Heaven (Tian) granted them the right to rule because the Shang had become corrupt and lost virtue. This "Mandate of Heaven" justified the Zhou conquest and explained dynastic change. (Oracle bones were Shang divination tools; the Spring and Autumn period was a later era of Zhou history; Legalism is a later philosophy associated with the Qin.)
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