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10. Why did the Zhou kings use the idea of the Mandate of Heaven?

1 to provide an explanation for famines and other natural disasters

2 to convince the gods to strengthen and protect their new dynasty

3 to replace the Shang idea of dynastic cycles with their own favorable concept

4 to persuade their people to believe that the gods favored their rule