Zhou

Zhou may refer to:

Chinese history

• King Zhou of Shang (商紂王) (1105 BC–1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty
• Predynastic Zhou (先周), the original 11th-century BC state in modern Shaanxi which established the Zhou dynasty
• Zhou dynasty (周朝) (1046 BC–256 BC), a dynasty of China controlling Shaanxi, the North China Plain, and its periphery
  • Western Zhou (西周) (1046 BC–771 BC), ruling from present-day Xi'an
  • Eastern Zhou (東周) (770 BC–256 BC), overseeing numerous petty states from present-day Luoyang
• Western Zhou (state) (西周) (440 BC–256 BC)
• Eastern Zhou (state) (東周) (367 BC–249 BC)
• Northern Zhou (北周) (557–581), one of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period
• Wu Zhou (武周) (690–705), an imperial dynasty established by Wu Zetian
• Later Zhou (後周) (951–960), the last of the Five dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
• Zhou (Zhang Shicheng's kingdom) (大周) (1354–1367), a state founded by Zhang Shicheng during the Red Turban Rebellion
• Zhou (Qing period state) (周) (1678–1681), a state founded by Wu Sangui during the Qing dynasty

Other uses

• Zhou (surname) (周), Chinese surname
• Zhou (country subdivision) (州), a political/administrative division of China
• Congee (粥; zhōu), a type of porridge
• Zhou (Dota) is a Dota/Dota2 player who won The International 2012 as team captain.

See also

• Chou (disambiguation)