Crisis of the Later Zhou.
►Feudal warfare
awarded societal value to military skills
suppressing the worth of the shi.
§Aristocratic power grew while the shi power
declined.
§Rituals and court etiquette were replaced by rough nomadic manners.
§Warfare consumed state resources and public works.
§Dikes and canals, were ruined.
§Peasants were taxed heavily and conscripted into the military.
§The need for military materials stimulated commerce, helping the growth of a prosperous merchant class.
§By the end of the Zhou period China supported larger urban centers than any other civilization of its time.