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Lecture

Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
The Warring States Period and the Rise of the Hundred Schools of Thought: Confucius

Tuesday 21.01.2025

Summary

China, Part 3. Continuing our deep dive in Chinese history, this presentation follows the political decline of the Zhou dynasty, the intensification of wars, the introduction of iron technology and the rise of the new social classes with the birth of Confucianism.

Zvi Ben-Dor Benite

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Zvi Ben-Dor Benite is Professor of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. He is the author and editor of several books on Chinese History, Islamic History, and Jewish World history.