Friday, January 20, 2012

Front Page News Story

First Emperor King Wu Attacks Shang Dynasty

The Shang Dynasty is over and the Zhou has just began, King Wu the first emperor of the Zhou dynasty son of King Wen and Taisi.
King Wu has become king and is now wanting to defeat the Shang dynasty. He has gathered over eight hundred dukes from neighboring states. King Wu saw that the Shang dynasty was disrupted and not in good shape he decided that this would be the perfect time for his attack. King Wu was waiting for the right time to attack, and this seamed like a perfect opportunity.
He launched the attack on the Shang dynasty in 1046 BC. This marked the begin of the Zhou dynasty and ended the Shang dynasty. This also caused the death of King Wen Ding who was the Shang’s king at the time.
This event took place in the Shang dynasty. King Wu lead his 45,000 men across the yellow river to the Shang dynasty where they battled.
King Wu is the one who lead the and organized the attcked with help of many government officials and his army. He told us that he did this because it was his fathers dream and he wanted to do it for him.





1 comment:

  1. You have some very good information, but ti doesn't sound like a news story. Please stay focussed on the event. Also, think about sentence construction and editing.

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