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    1) China experienced several dynastic periods from the mythical Xia Dynasty through the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, followed by the Qin who first unified China. 2) The Han Dynasty ruled next and expanded the empire while adopting Confucianism; this was followed by political fragmentation and new dynasties. 3) The Sui reunified China and established infrastructure like the Grand Canal, passing rule to the Tang who presided over a cultural golden age; later dynasties included the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. 4) In the 20th century, the last dynasty fell and the Republic of China was founded, but civil war led to control by the Communist Party and formation

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    1) China experienced several dynastic periods from the mythical Xia Dynasty through the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, followed by the Qin who first unified China. 2) The Han Dynasty ruled next and expanded the empire while adopting Confucianism; this was followed by political fragmentation and new dynasties. 3) The Sui reunified China and established infrastructure like the Grand Canal, passing rule to the Tang who presided over a cultural golden age; later dynasties included the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. 4) In the 20th century, the last dynasty fell and the Republic of China was founded, but civil war led to control by the Communist Party and formation

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    4 Dynasties of China Timeline

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    1) China experienced several dynastic periods from the mythical Xia Dynasty through the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, followed by the Qin who first unified China. 2) The Han Dynasty ruled next and expanded the empire while adopting Confucianism; this was followed by political fragmentation and new dynasties. 3) The Sui reunified China and established infrastructure like the Grand Canal, passing rule to the Tang who presided over a cultural golden age; later dynasties included the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. 4) In the 20th century, the last dynasty fell and the Republic of China was founded, but civil war led to control by the Communist Party and formation

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    DYNASTIES OF CHINA -- Timeline & Summary of Historical Events

    Mythical 5 Dynasties
    SHANG
    ZHOU

    Neolithic Age
    Bronze Age
    1765-1122 BCE
    1122-221 BCE

    -- Western
    -- Eastern
    -- Spring & Autumn
    -- Warring States
    QIN
    HAN

    1122-770
    770-221

    -- Western
    -- Eastern

    206 BCE CE 24
    25-220

    770-476
    476-221
    221-206 BCE
    206 BCE CE 220

    Mythical 5 Dynasties (Neolithic Age)

    Agricultural communities in Yellow River Valley


    SHANG (Bronze Age)

    City states, slavery

    Irrigation, wheeled vehicles

    Writing, oracle bones

    Silk used extensively


    ZHOU (1122-221 BCE)

    Feudal states, hereditary military lords

    Iron, glass

    Confucius (551-479 BCE)

    Laozi (6th C entury BCE)

    Zhuangzi (4th Century BCE)


    QIN (221-206 BCE)

    Break-up of feudalism, unification of China, Great Wall

    Chinese script, weights & measures standardized

    Legalists, burning of Confucian classics


    HAN (206 BCE CE 220)

    Confucianism is state religion

    Paper invented

    Civil service & bureaucratic feudalism

    Expansion of the empire

    Sima Qian and the histories

    Silk Road developed for trade throughout Asia

    Red Eyebrow & Green Woodsmen risings

    Yellow Turban Revolt

    Buddhism arrives from India


    3 KINGDOMS, 6 DYNASTIES (220-581)

    Political disintegration (Shu, Wei, Wu Kingdoms)

    Buddhism spreads (Fa Xian)

    Increasing importance of Daoism

    Tea used
    SUI (589-618)

    Reunification

    Grand Canal links Northern & Southern parts of empire

    Repression of Buddhism begins

    Confucian system of civil service examinations introduced


    TANG (618-907)

    Empire extends to South, commerce advances to Indian Ocean

    State examinations for bureaucracy

    Great achievements in poetry, sculpture, painting

    Cultural flowering, influence on Japan & Korea

    Printing

    Footbinding begins
    SUNG (960-1127)

    Northern tribes threaten, dynasty forced to move capital to


    South

    Urbanization

    Compass, paper money

    Great age of landscape painting

    Neo-Confucianism dominates

    3 Kingdoms, 6 Dynasties
    SUI
    TANG
    5 Dynasties
    SUNG

    220-581
    581-618
    618-907
    907-960
    960-1279

    -- Northern
    -- Southern
    YUAN
    MING
    QING
    1st REPUBLIC
    PRC

    960-1127
    1127-1279
    1271-1368
    1368-1644
    1644-1911
    1911-1949
    1949-Present

    YUAN (1278-1368)

    Mongols conquer China

    Mongol Empire reaches from Pacific to Central Europe

    Novels, opera develop

    First Western travelers

    Confucianism, Taoism discouraged


    MING (1368-1644)

    Civil service examinations & Confucianism reinstated

    Explorers reach Africa, maritime expeditions

    Clash with Japan over Korea

    Portuguese traders set up post in Macao

    White Lotus Rebellion

    Jesuit missionaries in Peking

    Re-assertion of Chinese cultural ethnocentricity in reaction to


    Mongols
    QING (1644-1911)

    Manchu conquest

    Height of Imperial China under Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795),


    famous edict (1759)

    Borders expand to greatest extent, population increases rapidly,


    economic stress begins to weaken the empire

    Western pressure for trade and settlement rights escalates

    Ming loyalist scholars, anti-Manchu sentinment

    Popular literature and drama

    1st Opium War (1839-1842)

    Treaty of Nanking (1842)

    Taiping Rebellion (1853-1864)

    2nd Opium War (1856-1858)

    Hundred Days Reform of 1898

    Boxer Rebellion (1900)

    Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925) & the Revolutionary League

    Dynastic rule ends


    FIRST REPUBLIC (1911-1949)

    Revolution of 1911

    Outbreak of 1st World War (1914)

    Yuan Shih-Kai (1914), 21 Demands (1915)

    May 4th Movement (1919)

    Chiang Kai-Shek (1887-1975), Kuomintang, Warlords

    Northern Expedition (1926-1928)

    Japanese aggression (1931)

    Red Army, Kiangsi Soviet (1931), Long March (1934-1935), Yenan

    Xian Incident, United Front, Japanese surrender

    Civil War renewed (1945), Kuomintang defeated


    PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1949-present)

    Agrarian Reform

    Restoration of Industry

    1st 5 Year Plan (1953-1957)

    Hundred Flowers Campaign (1957)

    2nd 5 Year Plan Great Leap Forward (1958-1962)

    Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1970)

    Chairman Mao dies (1893-1976)

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