Ancientchina

Ancient China

By Amun-Ra
  • Period: 2205 BCE to 1575 BCE

    Xia dynasty

    not much is known about the Xia dynasty.
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1045 BCE

    Shang dynasty

    The Shang ruled much of the area along the Yellow River. Their last capitol city was the great city of Yin.
  • Period: 1045 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou

    The longest ruling dynasty in the history of china, the Zhou first used the mandate of heaven to establish there rule
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin dynasty

    the begining of the chinese dynasty.
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE

    Han

    the Han dynasty established the civil rights.
  • Period: 222 to 581

    Six Dynasties

    no leader was established.
  • Period: 589 to 618

    Sui Dynasty

    The Sui united China again and expanded the Great Wall; the Sui also built the Grand Canal
  • Period: 618 to 907

    Tang

    A period of peace and prosperity.
  • Period: 907 to 960

    Five Dynasties

    A peasant take down the Tang and ushers into a period of division.
  • Period: 960 to 1279

    Song

    China becomes a world leader
  • Period: 1279 to 1368

    Yuan

    Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty after the Mongols defeated the Song.
  • Period: 1368 to

    Ming

    the last of the great dynastys