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2200 BCE
Xia Dynasty (china)
The Xia dynasty is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography -
1766 BCE
Shang Dynasty (China)
They uncovered eleven major royal tombs and the foundations of palaces and ritual sites, containing weapons of war and remains from both animal and human sacrifices. -
1045 BCE
Zhou Dynasty (China)
The most influential minds in the Chinese intellectual tradition flourished under the Zhou -
221 BCE
Qin Dynasty (China)
it unified China, creating the first dynasty ruled by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang -
206 BCE
Han Dynasty (China)
The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period. Spanning over four centuries, the Han period is considered a golden age in Chinese history -
581
Sui Dynasty (China)
The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties and reinstalled the rule of ethnic Chinese in the entirety of China proper, along with sinicization of former nomadic ethnic minorities within its territory. -
618
Tang Dynasty (China)
they made gunpowder. -
960
Song Dynasty (China)
The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. -
1279
Yuan Dynasty (China)
China's first foreign-led dynasty -
1368
Ming Dynasty (China)