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114
Silk Road BC
B.C.The Silk Road or Silk Route is a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world, as well as parts of North and East Africa.For centuries, the "Silk Road" also enabled the transmission of knowledge and ideas between the Eastern and Western worlds. -
220
The Great Wall of China BC
B.C.
Built during the western Zhou dynasty
Was a line of fortress standing to defend against
attacks from the yanyun. In the qin dynesty It used to be 4 walls but then Emperor Qin Shihuang connected the walls.The Ming dynasty developed the defensive system
of the wall and strengthen it on a larger scale. The Great Wall of China was built and rebuilt betweeth 400 and 1500 BCE to protect China from Mongolians and other invaders. -
400
Daoism
Laozi is traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoism, and it is believed that it began 4th century BC. Daoism-emphasized the link between people and nature rather than the importance of proper behavior. Believed that the best way to live was the natural way. -
563
Buddhism BC
BC. Buddha: Buddhism was founded based on the teachings of the sage, Gautama Buddha, often regarded as the Supreme Buddha. He was born around 563 BCE, and lived in the Shakya republic. Gautama taught concepts opposite that of asceticism, strict abstinence from certain pleasures, and his philosophies were called the Middle Way.\ -
May 24, 1122
Zhou Dynasty BC
B.C.
Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history.The Zhou Dynasty is divided into two periods: the Western Zhou (11th century BC to 771 BC) and the Eastern Zhou (770 BC - 221 BC).
Used the Mandate of Heaven, or the Chinese beliefthat heaven granted a ruler the mandate, or right to rule, to gain power. -
May 15, 1348
Ming Dynasty
Founder Zhu Yuanzhang
He made a series if policies to reduce the peasants burden and toresume the production if the whole society. The dynasty gained power through Dynastic rule, or hen chinas rule switched from dynasty to dynasty. This is part of the dynastic cycle, or the rise and fall of ruling families. -
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty (also known as the Manchu Dynasty) was the second time when the whole of China was ruled by foreignersThe Qing maintained power through 152 years by 4 emperors: Shunzhi, Kangxi Emperor , Yongzheng, and
Qianglong Emperor Confucius was a Chinese teacher and philiosopher, and was also a polititcian. His philisophies were about relationships and sincerity. his ideas were supressed by Legalism or strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence to law. -
Open-Door Policy
The Open Door Policy is a concept in foreign affairs stating that all nations should have equal commercial and industrial trade rights in China. The Open Door Policy originates with British commercial practice, as was reflected in treaties concluded with Qing Dynasty China after the First Opium War (1839-1842). -
Japanese Imperialism
Japan's expansion was the result of conflict with the Western countries. -
Boxer Revolution
an anti-foreigner uprising in Qing China, which took
place from November of 1899 through September of 1901. The Boxers, known in
Chinese as the "Society of Right and Harmonious Fists," were ordinary villagers
who reacted violently against the increasing influence of foreign Christian
missionaries and diplomats in the Middle Kingdom. More than 230 foreign men
children and woman were killed by the boxers. A group of 20,000 troops from
Japan, uk, Germany, Russia, France Austria, the US and Italy ma -
Republic of China
The Republic of China was formed when the Qing Dynasty fell in 1912. The republic had ended a very long reign of imperial rule in 1949. Sun Yatsen was the leader of the opposition that led several civil unrests to unseat the Qing Dynasty from ruling China.Sun yat-Sen was the primary founder and first president of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-Shek was a member of Kuomintang and close ally of Sun Yat Sen. He worked with the nationalist military, and succeeded Sun yat-Sen. -
May Fourth Movement
5,000 students from Peking University hit the streets to demonstrate against the Versailles Treaty. But more was at stake than Japan's grabbing of land. When one considers the 1911 Revolution as a mere regime change, The May Fourth Movement was part cultural revolution, part social movement. The students had been inspired in the preceding two decades by Western thought, creating a feeling of frustration and dissatisfaction with Chinese tradition. -
Chinese Civil War
The war between the governement Republic of China (led by Kuomintang) and the Communist Party of China. The Republic of China was strongly nationalist wile the Communist party of China was communist. This war resulted in the Republic of China in Taiwan and the Peoples Republic of China in mainland China. The civil war never legally ended. -
"Long March"
A military retreat by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, to evade the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) army. -
Communist Revolution
Communismis a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.The People's Liberation Army overthrew the government and the People's Republic of China was established. The Communist defeated the Nationalist for control of china -
Great Leap Forward
People's Republic of China created an economic and social campaign of the Communist Party of China. It aimed to use China's large population to transform the country from an agrarian economy into a modern communist society through rapid industrialization and collectivization. Reformist leader Deng Xiaoping who took over after Mao's deaht helped rebuilf the econom after the Great Leap Forward, -
People's Republic of China
On October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China was formally established. Mao created the People's Republic of China with a Communist administration. The people were defined as a coalition of four social classes: the workers, the peasants, the petite bourgeoisie, and the national-capitalists.The Peoples republic started as communist but gradually turn socialist."Chairman Mao" was a Chinese communist revolutionary, and served as chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959. -
Cultural Revolution
A social-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976. Its goal was to enforce communism in the country by removing ctraditional elements from Chinese society, and to impose Maoist within the Party. The Gang of Four made up of four officials from the communist party of the china (including mao's wife) commited many treasonous crimes during the cultural revolution.he Red Guards were a mass youth military group organized to enforce the revolution. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Tiananmen Square Massacre was a response to a protest in the People's Republic of China in 1989. Also known as the June Fourth Incident, it occurred when several protest over a few months.The PRC government decided to suppress these protests militarily. Estimates of how many students were killed range from hundreds to thousands. This led to mass criticisms and sanctions
