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Period: 100 to
Chinese dynasties
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206
Han Dynasty
After the civil war that followed the death of Qin Shihuangdi in 210 B.C., China was reunited under the rule of the Han dynasty, which is divided into two major periods: the Western or Former Han (206 B.C.–9 A.D.) and the Eastern or Later Han (25–220 A.D.) -
221
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first Chinese Dynasty. Started around 221BC and ended around 206BC. -
Jan 1, 650
Sui/Tang
581-906BC
Although the Han had been destroyed, the ideal of a centralized empire had never disappeared; it was left to the shortlived, native Chinese dynasty, the Sui (581–618), to fulfill that ideal. But the labor and tax burden of the Sui public works projectss, such as the reconstruction of the Great Wall and the fashioning of a Grand Canal. -
Jan 1, 1200
Song
- Cultural refinement. Universal Man, who combined the qualities of a scholar, poet, painter, and statesman. Renewed interests in Confusian ideas
- Song Neo Confucianism, combine the ancient ideals of Confucian thought along with ideas from Buddhism and Taoism.
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Period: Jan 1, 1279 to Jan 1, 1368
Yaun dynasty
- Started with Genghis Khan when he conquered most of Asia and parts of Europe
- Grandson Kublai Khan laid siege on the Song dynasty and established the first non-Chinese dynasty
- Largest Empire in Chinese history
- Forced to interact with the West and mixed Chinese culture with that of western nations
- Help build roads and irrigation,
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Jan 1, 1300
Yaun dynasty
- Started with Genghis Khan when he conquered most of Asia and parts of Europe
- Grandson Kublai Khan laid siege on the Song dynasty and established the first non-Chinese dynasty
- Largest Empire in Chinese history
- Forced to interact with the West and mixed Chinese culture with that of western nations
- Help build roads and irrigation,
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Period: Jan 1, 1368 to
Ming
- Ruled from 1368-1664
- Mongol rule in China was beginning to decline in the 1300’s, and after a series of rebellions peasant leader Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor
- Nanjing is the capital, moved to Beijing
- Ming dynasty traded in India, Japan, the Persian Gulf, Western Europe
- Downfall came again from the Mongolian attacks, Japanese attacks on Chinese coastal cities
- Manchus invaded from the north and captured China, over throwing the Ming Dynasty
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Jan 1, 1550
Ming Dynasty
- Ruled from 1368-1664
- Mongol rule in China was beginning to decline in the 1300’s, and after a series of rebellions peasant leader Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor
- Nanjing is the capital, moved to Beijing
- Ming dynasty traded in India, Japan, the Persian Gulf, Western Europe
- Downfall came again from the Mongolian attacks, Japanese attacks on Chinese coastal cities
- Manchus invaded from the north and captured China, over throwing the Ming Dynasty
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Period: to
Qing dynasty
- Manchu clan leade Aisin Gioro began to invade the Ming Dynasty form the south
- Manchu implemented their own cultural beliefs. Identified the stat as China
- Chinese people referred to all Han, Manchus, and Mongol people
- Discrimination against Han Chinese
- 80,000 lead by Emperor Kangxi
- It’s consider one of the largest empires in history
- Protected from Russia with the Treaty of Nerchinsk, stating the border between Manchuria and Siberia
- Empress Cixi
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Qing dynasty
- Manchu clan leade Aisin Gioro began to invade the Ming Dynasty form the south
- Manchu implemented their own cultural beliefs. Identified the stat as China
- Chinese people referred to all Han, Manchus, and Mongol people
- Discrimination against Han Chinese
- 80,000 lead by Emperor Kangxi
- It’s consider one of the largest empires in history
- Protected from Russia with the Treaty of Nerchinsk, stating the border between Manchuria and Siberia
- Empress Cixi
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Period: to
Sui/Tang
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Period: to Jan 1, 1279
Song
- Cultural refinement. Universal Man, who combined the qualities of a scholar, poet, painter, and statesman. Renewed interests in Confusian ideas
- Song Neo Confucianism, combine the ancient ideals of Confucian thought along with ideas from Buddhism and Taoism.
