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King tang was original the Emporer of the Shang dynasty he overthrew Jie (the ruler of the Xia dynasty). The Shang ruled China for about 600 years with 30 different rulers
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The Shang Dynasty was overthrown by King Wu (Founder of the Zhou Dynasty) in 1046 ending the Shang Dynasty and starting the Zhou Dynasty. The Shang dynasty was overthrown because their last leader was an evil man who enjoyed torturing people
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The Zhou dynasty was the longest-lasting dynasty in all of China during the Zhou's time period they started Confucianism and Taoism and this important even for china in the future. The Zhou dynasty was known for during their time period they introduced iron into weaponry.
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The Zhou came to an end during the warring states period when the last emperor was killed. When the Zhou came to an end they had barely any strength left in their empire and took one final blow killing their emperor and the Zhou fell.
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The Qin dynasty lasted 11 years being tied with the tang dynasty as the shortest dynasty. Even tho the qin lasted such a short amount of time they had some major accomplishments such as unifying all of China. Another accomplishment is them building the terracotta soldiers
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The Qin Dynasty ended when the people following below the ruler decided that they didn't like the way he ruled and revolted and Warlord Xiang Yu was quick to take the throne
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The Han dynasty was known for opening the silk road, supporting Confucian ideas, paper, civil service exam, and building more of the great wall
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In 207 BC, Xiang Yu's army defeated the Army of Qin and Liu Bang swept into the capital which finally ended the Qin Dynasty
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The Han dynasty officially fell during the Chinese period of 220 AD. The country was taken over in confusion by the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The last ruler of the Han dynasty was Emporer Xian. This was a huge setback in the history of China.
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The Sui Dynasty was found in 589CE by Wen Di. It began when his daughter became Empress of Northern Zhou, therefore making her new stepson the Emporer. Wen took over the throne after conquering an army from one of the eastern provinces. Wen used his power to strengthen his empire and reunite China.
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The fall of the Sui Dynasty was mainly caused by the failed military campaigns against Goguryeo. One all of these defeats and losses occurred, the country and its government were left to be taken over by rebels. Emporer Yang ended up being assassinated in 618.
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The tang dynasty is considered a golden age of Chinese arts and culture from 618 through 906AD. Tang Dynasty atracted a reputation that spilled out of its cities.
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The internal conflict of military governors was the reason that the Tang dynasty fell. Huang Chao ordered the deaths of 3000 poets after someone wrote an insulting poem about him. The Tand Dynasty was officially destroyed when a former follower od Chao, Zhu Wen, declared himself Emperor Taizu.
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The Song dynasty lasted from 960 until 1279. It was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song and was divided into two periods; Northern Song and Southern Song. Social life during the Song was vibrant. Citizens gathered to view and trade precious artworks.
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Due to weak military strength, the Northern Song was not able to withstand the invasion from the Jin Dynasty. The song were eventually over ran and the song dynasty fell
