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1211 BCE
Ghangis Khan
in 1211 Ghangis Khan invaded and conquered china despite the wall being up -
800 BCE
7 kingdoms at war
in the 8th century the 7 Kindoms of china (Zhao,Qin,Yan,Wei,Han,Qi, Chu) were at war. -
220 BCE
orders construction of wall
In 220 BC Qin Shi Huang orders construction of northern wall to defend against their enemy's (mongols) -
Period: 300 to 201
china as a empire
In 3rd Century BC Qin defeats all of its enemy's , and China becomes an empire . -
Dec 24, 1368
No more mongols.
China gets rid of mongols and establish the Ming dynasty. -
Period: Dec 31, 1368 to
Stronger wall
China built a stronger wall . -
surface mining in china started
Surface mining of coal was started around 1900 in China -
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open pit method
to 1949 to 1980 the open pit method was the most widely used surface mining method used in china until the shovel truck system . this method entailed that a shovel-train system -
1970s Rice area harvest
In the mid 1970's rice area harvest were at about 37 million ha in China but have had a steady decrease since then. -
shovel truck system
with surface mining came the shovel truck system which was used for the removal of overflow and was a shovel truck with a crushing plant and belt conveyor system for coal transportation from pit to pit or washing plant and storage areas. -
4%
at the beginning of the 20th century to the 1980's ,surface mining was only 4% of China's coal production rate. -
Construction of Three Gorges
The Construction of The Tree Gorges Dam began December 14 , 1994 -
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rice production increase
Rice production in china has increased recently with its rate of national production doubling from 7.5% in 1995 to 15% in 2009 -
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rice imports decreasing
Rice imports in china have declined from 78 kg per year in 1995 to 76.5 in 2009 -
Rice harvest 1995
In 1995 rice harvest were at about 31 million ha -
net importer of rice
China has been the net importer of rice since 1997. -
Dam Body
The Three Gorges Dam Body was completed in 2006 -
2nd highest
In 2007 china was the 2nd highest consumer in of oil at 7.3 M while the united states was at 20.6 M -
reducing pollution
In 2008 China started working on reducing pollution and smog due to the upcoming Olympics in Beijing -
No Plastic Baggies
On June 1st 2008 China banned the use of plastic bags in grocery stores. -
90% of drivers
In 2008 China pulled 90% of its drivers off the road in an attempted to lower pollution -
New segments of Wall
In 2009 new technology discovered 180 additional miles of the great wall and its total length is still unknown . -
largets coal producing country
China is the largest coal producing country in the world with annual production rate of 324
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9%
by the end of 2010 China's total coal production rate was at 9% compared with 1980's only 4%. -
2010 Rice Harvest
In 2010 rice harvest were at 30 million ha in 2010. -
Three Gorges Dam Functional
The Three Gorges Dam was completed and fully functional on July,4,2012 -
Dam World Record
In 2014the Three Gorges Dam generated 98.8 TWh of electricity , setting a world record by 0.17 TWh -
Ship Lift
The ship lift of The Three Gorges Dam was completed in december of 2015.