Map of the Eastern and Western Zhou

  

                In the map of the Western Zhou (top) the area shaded in red is where it would be compared to modern day China, and capital of the Western Zhou was the city of Xian. The Zhou won the land when they defeated the armies of the Shang Empire. The Western Zhou did not expand as much as the Eastern Zhou would.

                The major expansion of land during the Eastern Zhou (bottom) was not because of progress; it was because of a rebellion. In the begging of the Eastern Zhou the capital was moved from Xian to Luoyang, after the death of the Emperor. Then 481 BCE China broke into seven main states, and several smaller ones. The Eastern Zhou lasted until it was defeated by the Qin Armies.