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Jan 1, 1100
Temujin
In the 1100s, a powerful khan named Temugin began to conquer his rivals and unite the Mongol clans all over China. -
Jan 1, 1200
Mongols
In the 1200s, a powerful and brutal miltiary force emerged called the Mongols. They had superior tatics and weaponary. -
Jan 1, 1206
Ultimate Ruler
Temujin takes the title Genghis Khan, which means "Universal Ruler". -
Jan 1, 1207
Capturing land
Genghis Khan led the Mongols to capture much of Asia. In the fact, the Mongols learned the art of seige warfare and the use of gun powder. -
Jan 1, 1227
Death of Ultimate Ruler
Genghis Khan dies. After the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongols continue to capture and control much of China and Central Asia. -
Jan 1, 1235
Conquering
Kublai Khan begins his journey to start conquering all of China. -
Jan 1, 1236
Golden Horde
The Golden Horde was a Mongol and later Turkic khanate that was established in 1236 and formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire. -
Jan 1, 1260
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan becomes the Great Khan of the Mongols and most of China as well. -
Jan 1, 1278
Marco Polo
The Yuan Emperor sends Marco Polo on several missions, traveling in and around China. -
Jan 1, 1279
Song Ruler
The last Song ruler, Emperor Bing is defeated at the Battle of Yeman. -
Jan 1, 1279
New dynasty
Kublai Khna conquered China and founded the Yuan dynasty. -
Jan 1, 1294
Death of Great Khan
Kublai Khan dies. After his death, several new powers struggles erupted over who would get the throne. -
Jan 1, 1295
He's back!
Marco Polo and his father return home to Venice, after many years traveling in China. -
Jan 1, 1295
Captured
During a battle, Marco Polo was captured during the fight and imprisoned. -
Jan 1, 1300
Black Death
The Black Death is a paratisic disease that wiped out much of Eurpore, but now by the 1300s is now spreading to parts of Asia and the Middle East. -
Jan 1, 1300
Rebellions
Many Chinese factions rebell againt the Yuan dynasty because of all the taxes and strict rules the government is putting on the people. -
Jan 1, 1368
Defeated
A rebel army defeated the Mongols and they fled to Manchuria, thus ending the Yuan dynasty. -
Jan 1, 1368
Ming dynasty
A peasant named Zhu Yuanzhang overhtrew the Mongols. He then got the name Hongwu meaning "Vastly Martial". He founded the Ming dynasty. -
Jan 1, 1398
Death
In 1398, the "Vastly Martial" Hongwu died. -
Jan 1, 1402
New emperor
Hongwu son, Yongle becomes the new emperor. In the process he moves the new capital to now present day Beijing. -
Jan 1, 1405
Voyages
Zheng He (Chinese Muslim admiral) led seven voyages around the Indian Ocean as far as Africa. -
Jan 1, 1433
Too expensive
The new Ming emperor stopped the overseas voyages because it was highly expesive, and all the resourcese that they used on these voyages could be have been used for better things for China. -
Jan 1, 1500
Trade
The Ming dynasty heavily restricted foreign trade and travel to limit outside contacts. -
Jan 1, 1500
New religion and people
In the 1500s, finally Eurpoean trader and Christian missonaries arrived in China -
Jan 1, 1500
A great dynasty fell
In the late 1500s, the Ming dynasty started to decline. -
Jan 1, 1500
New crops
With the Europeans came new crops from the Americas. They included corn, sweet potatoes and many others. -
Italian priest
Matteo Ricci, an Italian priest, arrived in China. -
Probelms
New probelms arose in China during the 1600s. High taxes, crop failures all led to famine and hardships. Thus rebellions borke out. -
More control
The Ming dynasty continued to gain control over Korea, Mongolia, and Central and Southeast Asia. -
New dynasty
Mancha (people to the northwest in Manchuria) swept throught Beijing and took the capital. The last Ming emperor killed himself to avoid capture. Thus, a new dynasty arose, the Qings -
Qings
Till 1911, the Qing dynasty ruled China. This period of time was prosperous for them, and they grew to their biggest size ever. -
Emperor Kangxi
Through 1661-1772 Kangxi ruled. He reduced the taxes for peasants and expanded the empire into parts of Central Asiz. -
Grandson ruling
After his grandfather, Qianlong ruled China. He did his far share of conquering by conquering Taiwan, Mongolia, and Tibet. -
Population
In China during one year their population boomed by more than 300 million people. -
New faces
British officer Lord George Macartney came to China to discuss opening China's closed trade society. -
Trouble
In the 1800s uropean efforts to open China's closed society would eventually topple the Qing dynasty- and imperial rule.
