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100
4000bc
early people in china developed agriculture which results in them setteling in villages often surrounded by protective walls -
100
1500 bc
early chinese cities are built and fortified with protective walls. -
100
475- 221 bc
warring states period during which china is a collection of separate kingdoms -
100
221-210
reing of china's first emperor qin shi huangdi. the first great wall is built under general meng tian's command. -
100
206bc
begining of the reign of the han dynasty -
Period: 100 to
china
wall -
110
121-101bc
han emperor wu di extends the graet wall into western desert to protect trade along the silk road and to subdue the xiongnu -
202
han dynasty
end of the han dynasty -
May 16, 1200
Ghenghis Khan
mongol leader Ghenghis Khan breaks throught the neglected great wall conquers china in 1215 -
May 16, 1260
kublai
kublai khan becomes mongol emperor of china and nearby areas -
May 17, 1368
the rebellion
Rebellion led by Zhu Yuanzhang the first ming emperor ends the mongol occuptation of china -
May 17, 1368
ming
the start of the reign of the ming dynasty -
the manchu
In 1644 an army force called the manchu takes over the great wall ceases to exist as a defensive border -
manchus end
end of the manchu wall -
comunist
comunists led by Mao Zedong come to power -
revolution
during the cultural revolution artifacts are destroyed including parts of the great wall -
the president
President nixon visits the great wall -
restoration of the wall
deng zaoping orders restoration of the great wall
