Glossary Terms for letter: Z
Zheng King during the Qin era who defeated what was left of the Warring States between 230 and 221 BCE. He assumed the mandate of heaven from the Zhou and declared himself First August Emperor, to distinguish himself from other kings.
Zhong Shang The administrative central complex of the Shang.
Ziggurat By the end of the third millennium BCE, the elevated platform base of a Sumerian temple had transformed into a stepped platform called a ziggurat.
Zoroaster Sometimes known as Zarathustra, he was thought to have been a teacher around 1000 BCE in eastern Iran and is credited with having solidified the region's religious beliefs into a unified system that moved away from animistic nomadic beliefs. The main source for his teachings is a compilation called the Avesta.
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