Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
China, Part 2: The Rise of the Zhou Dynasty
Summary
Continuing our fascinating presentation on Chinese history, we will focus on the Zhou dynasty (1046-256 BCE), its significant rulers, and the technological and social changes during its prominence. We will also cover the dynasty’s decline and the rise of the Spring and Autumn period, as well as the Hundred Schools of Thought.
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite teaches Chinese History, Middle Eastern and Islamic history, and sometimes Jewish history, at NYU. He is author of The Dao of Muhammad: A Cultural History of Muslims in Late Imperial China (Harvard, 2005); The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History (Oxford, 2009); He is co-editor of Modern Middle Eastern Jewish Thought: Writings on Identity, Culture, and Politics (Brandeis, 2013); The Scaffolding of Sovereignty: Global and Aesthetic Perspectives on the History of a Concept (Columbia University Press, 2017), and Time and Language: New Sinology and Chinese History, (Hawaii University Press, 2023).