The seizure of power by the Tian in 481 BCE is the conventional end date for this period, and the beginning of the Warring States.
During this time period, several rulers agreed to impose a death sentence for "unfilial" behavior at the Kuiqiu conference. Eighty-five years into this era, the most powerful ruler began to arbitrate disputes under the "Ba system." The first Ba ruler won a victory over the Chi Di during this timeframe, which saw the introduction of lost wax casting, the pattern block, and tea into China. The battles of Chengpu and Mi marked opposite results for (*) Jin during this period, which included the military career of Sun Tzu. The seizure of power by the Tian in 481 BCE is the conventional end date for this period, and the beginning of the Warring States. For 10 points, name this three-century long period that began the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and is chronicled in namesake Confucian "annals."
During this time period, several rulers agreed to impose a death sentence for "unfilial" behavior at the Kuiqiu conference.
the Spring and Autumn Period [or Chunqiu Shidai; or Ch'un-ch'iu Shih-tai ; prompt on Zhou Dynasty before it is read; accept Eastern Zhou Dynasty before it is read]