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581
Sui Dynasty
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Period: 581 to 618
Sui Dynasty
China is reunified. Yangdi began building the Grand Canal from Luoyang to Huai River, then to Jiangdu on the Yangtze River. -
618
Tang Dynasty
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Period: 618 to 907
Tang Dynasty
Taizong was the first Chinese emperor to control the northern steppe. Xuanzong traveled across Central Asia and India collecting Buddhist texts to be translated into Chinese. -
960
Song Dynasty
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Period: 960 to 1279
Song Dynasty
1127 Northern Song dynasty was overrun by nomadic groups such as the Jurchen from Manchuria calling themselves the Jin dynasty.1235-1279 Song dynasty resisted Mongol invaders.
Explosive weapons are used for the first time, initially by the defending armies of the Song and later adapted by the Mongols. -
1276
Yuan Dynasty
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Period: 1276 to 1368
Yuan Dynasty
1292 Kublai sent a fleet to Java to rebuke the reluctant leader, asserted Mongol control. 1315 The civil service examination was reinstated, but it required that half the degrees be awarded to Mongols and other non-Chinese regardless of their qualifications.From the 1340s - 1360s, the Yuan dynasty was plagued with ineptitude,intrigues, factionalism, military deterioration, the spread of deadly epidemics such as bubonic plague, and neglect of much-needed water programs. -
1368
Ming Dynasty
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Period: 1368 to
Ming Dynasty
Taizu was the first commoner to become emperor in 1500 years. 1720 Qing army enter Lhasa; Tibet made a Qing protectorate. 1344 Taizu became a monk at the age of 16 and was sent from his monastery. 1368 Taizu gained control of Beijing. He neither captured or defeated the Mongol emperor who fled to Mongolia. The Ming dynasty was never able to defeat the Mongol; thus were unable to expand their empire into inner Asia.1644 Ming emperor commited suicide after rebels took Beijing. -
Qing Dynasty
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Qing Dynasty
1645 Chinese men required to wear Manchu hairstyle. 1840-1842 Opium War occurred ending with the Nanjing Treaty which gave
Hong Kong to Great Britain.
