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building of the Great Wall
the wall was constructed starting in 221 b.c. during the Chin dynasty and ending in the 1500's during the Ming dynasty. it was build for military purposes. the silk road is a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world. -
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confucius
551-479bc. was a chinese teacher, editor, politican, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. legalism was a philosophy emphasizing strict obedience to the law system -
May 15, 1046
zhou dynasty
during the zhou dynasty, the use of iron was introduced into china. the dynasty also spans the period in which the written script evolved into its modern form with the use of an archaic clerical script that emerged during the late warring states period. 1046-256 b.c. daoism is a philosophical and religious tradition that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao. -
May 15, 1368
Ming Dynasty
the Ming dynasty was one of the more stable and longer lasting dynasties of chinese history. the dynasty lasted from 1368-1644 ad, 276 years. it was the last dynasty in china ruled by ethnic Han Chinese. the mandate of heaven is a traditional chinese philosopical concept concerning the ruler. dynastic cycle is an important political theory in Chinese history. According to this theory, every dynasty goes through a culture cycle. -
Qing Dynasty
great qing was the last imperial dynasty of china ruling from 1644-1912 with a abortive restoration in 1917. it was founded by Jurchen Aisin Gioro. dynastic rule was the change, usually forcfully, of dynasties. -
opium war
also known as Anglo-Chinese wars, divided into the first opium war from 1839-1842. these were the climax of disputes over trade and diplomatic relations between qing dynasty and the british empire. -
japanese imperialism
the empire of japan was an empire and world power that existed from the meiji restoration on 1868 to the enactment of the post-world war II constitutuon of japan on may 3, 1947. -
open door policy
concept in foreign affairs which usually refures to the policy in 1899 allowing multiple imperial powers access to china with none of them in control of that country. -
boxer rebelion
beginning in 1898, groups of peasants in northern china began to band together into a secret society known as "righteous and harmonious fists". called the boxers by western press. the members of the secret society practiced boxing and calisthenic rituals, which they believe would make them impervious to bullets. -
republic of china
was founded in 1912 and it governed mainland china until 1949. when it lost mainland during the chinese civil war, withdrew to taiwan. Sun yat-sen first president and founding father of the republic of china -
may fourth movement
was an anti-imperialist cultural and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in beijing on may 4, 1919 protesting the chinese governments weak response to the treaty of versailles. -
chinese civil war
civil war in china fought between forces loyal to the government of the republic of china led by kuomintang and forces of the communist party of china. ended in 1950. Chiang kai-shek was a 20th century chinese political and military leader. -
long march
was a military retreat undertaken by the red army of the communist party of china. 6000 mile historic trek of the chinese communists, which resulted in the relocation of the communists revolutionary base -
communist revolution
was the second part of the chinese civil war. chinese nationalist party and the communist party of china had an all out war between thses two forces resumed. The soviet union provided little aid to the communist. 1946- 1952 -
peoples republic of china
on october 1st, 1949, the peoples republic of china was formally established with its national capital at beijing. chinese communist party claimed a membership of 4.5 million of peasants origin accounted for nearly 90%. the party was under maos chairmanship and the government was headed by Zhou enlai. mao zedong was the founding father of the peoples republic of china. deng xiaoping was a politician and reformist leader of the communist party of china. who after maos death led his country -
great leap forward
peoples republic of china was an economic and social compaign of the communist party, which aimed to use chinas vast population to rapidly transfrom the country from an agrarin economy. -
cultural revolution
the cultural revolution is the name given to maos attempt to reassert his beliefs in china. the movement began in september 1965 with a speech by lin piao who urged pupils in schools and colleges. gang of four was the name given to a political faction compossed of four chinese communist party officials. red guards were a mass paramilitary, social movement of young people. -
tiananmen square massacre
also known as the June 4th incident in china where student led popular deminstation in Beijing in the spring of 1989 that recived broad support from city residents and exposed deep splits within chinas political leadership, but were forcefully fulcivilent supressed by hard line leaders who ordered the military to inforce marshall law in the countries capitol
