Ancient China

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  • 121

    121 - 101BC

    Han emperor Wu Di extends the Great Wall into western desert to protect trade along the Silk Road and to subdue the Xiongnu.
  • 206

    206BC Han dynasty

    206BC Han dynasty
    Beginning of the reign of the Han dynasty. At the end of the qin dynasty one of the leaders liu bang created a new dynasty called the han dynasty. Han dynasty was divided into two periods. Western han with the capital Changan and the easten han dynasty with the capital Luoyang. Even today people still consider that the han dynasty was one of china's goldern ages.
  • 206

    206BC Qin dynasty ended

    206BC Qin dynasty ended
    Qin Dynasty Ended
  • 220

    220AD

    End of Han dynasty
  • 221

    221-210BC

    Reign of China's first emperor qin Shi Huangdi. The first Great Wall is built under General Meng Tien's command
  • 221

    221BC

    221BC
    Qin Dynasty Began. He invented the title Huangdi meaning emperor. He also called himself QinShihuangdi meaning First emperor. He controlled the country with strict laws and hard punishments. The emperor not only ruled china but ruled other places and made them change all their ways of doing things including their writing weights and measures.
  • 475

    475-221BC

    Warring Stated Period, during which China is a collection of hostile separate kingdoms.
  • Jan 1, 1200

    1200AD

    Mongol leader Genghis Khan breaks through negelcted Great Wall; conquers China in 1215.
  • Jan 1, 1215

    1200sAD

    Mongol leader Genghis Khan breaks through negelcted Great Wall; conquers China
  • Jan 1, 1260

    1260

    Kublai Khan becomes Mongol emperor of China and nearby areas.
  • Jan 1, 1368

    1368

    Rebellion led by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Ming emperor, edns Mongol occupation of China
  • Jan 1, 1368

    1368BC

    Rebellion led by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Ming emperor, edns Mongol occupation of China.
  • Jan 1, 1368

    1368AD Ming Dynasty

    1368AD Ming Dynasty
    MIng Dynasty Began. The ming dynasty was the last native chinese dynasty. the emperor assumed that he was the supreme leader and that everyone should obey him. He made people kill hundreds and thousands of people to death for not believing what he had told them.
  • Jan 1, 1368

    1368 1644

    Rule of Ming dynasty, when the Great Wall is rebuilt
  • Jan 1, 1500

    1500BC

    The earliest Chinese cities are built and fortified with protective walls.
  • Jan 1, 1572

    1572 1620

    Rule of Ming Emperor Wanli, the period when the Great Wall took its present form

  • 1644AD

    Ming Dynasty Ended

  • 1644

    The Manchu conquer China.

  • 1644-1911

    The Manchu rule China, and the Great Walll ceases to serve as a defensive border.

  • 1949

    Communists led by Mao Zedong come to power.

  • 19060s

    During the Cultural Revolution, artifacts are destroyed, including parts of the Great Wall.

  • 1984

    Den Xiaoping orders restoration of the Great Wall.

  • Early China 4000BC

    Early people in China develop agriculture, which results in their settling in villages, often surrounded by protective walls