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Period: 1766 BCE to 1111 BCE
Shang Dynasty
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Period: 1111 BCE to 221 BCE
Chou Dynasty
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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Ch'in Dynasty
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Period: 206 BCE to 221
Han Dynasty
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Period: 217 to 580
Era of Division
Northern Dynasties:
Northern Wei; 386- 532
Western Wei; 535- 554
Southern Dynasties:
Western Chin; 219- 316
Eastern Chin; 217- 419 -
Period: 581 to 618
Sui Dynasty
Emperors; Yang Jian (581- 604), Yang Guang (605- 617) -
584
Yangdi starts to build the Grand Canal.
Grand Canal was built from Chang'an eastward to the Tong Pass.
Today, the Grand Canal is used by millions in China and it is a great way of transportation. -
587
Wendi repaired the Great Wall.
Today, the Great Wall of China is an amazing tourist sight and brings China lots of money because of it. -
589
China is reunified!
Wendi made the "Three Department" system, it had six ministries: personal, revenue, rites, war, justice and public works. -
607
Yangdi repaired and added to the Great Wall.
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609
Yangdi finishes the Grand Canal.
By the time the Grand Canal was finished it stretched from Chang'an to Beijing. Thousands of men and women worked on it. It's main purpose was a transportation system, that however helped with administrative tasks, defense movements and moving agriculture and trade goods. -
Period: 618 to 906
T'ang Dynasty
Emperors: Gaozu (618- 616), Taizong (626- 649), Gaozong (649- 683), Zhonzong and Ruizong (683- 690), Wu Zhao (690- 700), Xuanzong (712-756) -
630
Xuanzong collects Buddhist texts.
Buddhist texts are collected so they can be translated into Chinese.
Today, Buddhism is still a major religion in China and affects the country as a whole. -
630
Lady/Empress Wu is taken out of a Buddhist nunnery by Gaozong.
Lady Wu schemed and became Empress Wu.
Today, Empress Wu stands out to many women in China and tells them that they can become important even if they are women. -
635
Nestorian Christians allowed in China.
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705
Empress Wu forced to abdicate.
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705
Chan Buddhism becomes popular.
Today, Chan Buddhism is important to many Chinese and it shapes the society in China. -
745
Xuanzong abandons his position of ruler-ship.
Xuanzong was a smart ruler, however he falls in love with his son's concubine and has to abdicate to his son. (This story is written and shown in poems, paintings and plays.) -
841
Government turns against religions.
Buddhism and other religions are attacked; their temples are closed and huge taxes are placed. -
884
Rebellion destroyed Tang Dynasty.
Today is effected by this rebellion because if there was no attack then the dynasty would not have changed and who knows maybe they'd still be in the Tang Dynasty. -
Period: 907 to 960
Five Dynasties
Emperors assassinate each other and warlords complete for power.
Printing is developed and women's rights are improved. -
Period: 960 to 1279
Song Dynasty
Emperors: Zhao Kuangyin (960- 976), Zhou Kuangyi (976- 997), Zhao Ji (1101-1126), Gaozong (1127- 1162)
Time of prosperity (entrepreneurship, new crops, and careers)
Women's rights and modesty are improved -
1127
Nomadic groups overrun Northern Song dynasty.
Jurchen from Manchuria invade and call themselves the Jin Dynasty. -
1215
Mongols capture Beijing.
Today's life is changed because the Mongols overtook the capital, they left a little bit of their own culture with them into China. -
1235
Explosive weapons are used for the first time.
Explosive weapons are used a lot in our modern warfare and the Chinese are the ones to start that. -
Period: 1260 to 1368
Yuan Dynasty
Emperors: Kublai (1260- 1294), Toghun (1333- 1368) -
1275
Marco Polo travels through Kublai's realm.
Marco Polo explored many places, some of them we would not have know of until much later and changed the lives of other explorers. -
1281
Kublai sends fleets against Japan.
First time the fleets are successful. The second time a typhoon destroyed fleets.
If the second fleet had made it, Japan could've been very different than what it is today. -
1315
Mongols rebuild the Grand Canal.
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1344
Taizu becomes at monk.
Taizu becomes a monk at 16 and is sent to beg and wonders east-central China.
Had Taizu not been sent out of the monk place, then he would not have conquered Beijing and that would've altered time. -
1368
Taizu gains control of Beijing.
After wondering China, Taizu joined a rebel group and quickly grew in command then got control of Beijing. He favored the poor over the rich and pretty much did everything he could to help the "lesser" people. -
Period: 1368 to
Ming Dynasty
Emperors: Zhu Yuanzhang (1368- 1398), Zhu Di (1402- 1424), Zhe Qizhen (1436- 1450), Guangzong (1573- 1620) -
Ming emperor killed himself after rebels took Beijing.
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Qing Dynasty
Emperors: Kangxi (1662- 1722), Yongzheng (1722- 1736), Qianlong (1736-95), Guangxu (1898) -
Chinese men required to wear Manchu hairstyle.
The hairstyles change quickly and drastically in China and it started in these ancient times. -
Qing army enter Lhasa.
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Opium War occurred ending the Nanjing Treaty.
This gave Hong Kong to Great Britian.
This changed the lives of many Chinese people in many different ways. -
Taiping Rebellion
A Christian convert called himself the Son of Heaven and claimed to be the younger brother of Christ and tried to overthrow the Qing Dynasty.
This man gave others these crazy ideas of trying to be another Jesus and they still try it today. -
Sino-French War
All these wars change the history and therefore change the way Chinese people live. -
Sino-Japanese War
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Empress Dowager Cixi suppressed Emperor Guangxu's plans.
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Boxer Rebellion occurred.
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Qing Dynasty was overthrown by revolutionaries.
