The longest Chinese dynasty is the Zhou Dynasty, which had a 790-year-long history and was ruled by a total of 37 emperors. Divided into two periods, the Western Zhou and the Eastern Zhou, the Zhou Dynasty was founded by King Wu Ji Fa of the Zhou Dynasty, with its capital located in today's Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, and was the heyday of China's ancient slavery society. During the Zhou Dynasty, a hundred schools of thought competed for supremacy, and thought and culture reached unprecedented prosperity.
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