7th grade get them in order sort the choices into chronological order, starting with the first event, to describe the rule of the zhou dynasty. fights break out between warlords, and zhou kings cannot stop them. zhou have lost the mandate of heaven. over time, ties between zhou kings and faraway nobles weaken. zhou leaders place family members in charge of faraway states. zhou leaders take power and declare they have the mandate of heaven. the zhou expand their lands through conquest. group of nobles join with nomadic invaders to try to overthrow the kind, but fail.