Daular Zhou (1046 KZ zuwa kusan 256 KZ) ita ce daular da ta fi dadewa a tarihin kasar Sin, ko da yake karfinta ya ragu sosai a kusan karni takwas na wanzuwarsa.A karshen karni na 2 KZ, daular Zhou ta taso ne a cikin kwarin kogin Wei na lardin Shaanxi na zamani na zamani, inda Shang ya nada su masu kare yammacin yamma.Rundunar hadin gwiwa karkashin jagorancin sarkin Zhou, Sarki Wu, ta yi nasara kan Shang a yakin Muye.Sun mamaye mafi yawan tsakiyar tsakiya da ƙananan kwarin Yellow River kuma sun mamaye danginsu da abokan haɗin gwiwa a cikin masarautu masu cin gashin kai a faɗin yankin.Da yawa daga cikin waɗannan jahohi sun zama masu ƙarfi fiye da sarakunan Zhou.Sarakunan Zhou sun yi kira ga manufar wajabcin sama don halasta mulkinsu, ra'ayin da ke da tasiri ga kusan kowane daular da ta gaje shi.Kamar Shangdi, sama (tian) ta mallaki dukan sauran alloli, kuma ta yanke shawarar wanda zai mallaki kasar Sin.An yi imani da cewa wani mai mulki ya yi hasarar wa'adin sama lokacin da bala'o'i suka faru da yawa, kuma lokacin da, a zahiri, mai mulkin ya rasa damuwarsa ga mutane.A sakamakon haka, za a rushe gidan sarauta, kuma sabon gida zai yi mulki, bayan an ba da izini na sama.Zhou ya kafa manyan biranen Zongzhou (kusa da Xi'an na zamani) da Chengzhou (Luoyang), suna tafiya a tsakanin su akai-akai.A hankali, kawancen Zhou ya fadada gabas zuwa Shandong, kudu maso gabas zuwa kwarin kogin Huai, da kudu zuwa kwarin kogin Yangtze.