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Period: 2100 BCE to 1600 BCE
Xia dynasty
the first dynasty in Chinese traditional history. the first to irrigate, produce cast bronze,and build strong army. used Oracle bones for a calendar;and this dynasty to build a wheel. leader: Yu the great was a good leader, and he was credited for making the drain for the water of a great flood. king Jie was the last leader and was overthrown.it is thought that most Xia people probably lived in the western Henan province and south Shanxi province. -
Period: 1600 BCE to 1050 BCE
Shang Dynasty
know as the 2nd dynasty the Shang dynasty was held to have been founded by a rebel king, Tang, who overthrew the kind of the xia dynasty.during this dynasty bronze working became common. They are also know as the yin dynasty. -
Period: 1046 BCE to 256
Zhou dynasty
was the longest-lasting of China's dynasties. It ended when the army of the state of Qin captured the city of Chengzhou in 256 B.C.E. Wuwang established the Zhou Dynasty and made Haojing its capital. This dynasty was the longest in Chinese history. It lasted for over 800 years and included the reigns of 37 emperors.The Zhou created the Mandate of Heaven: the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods. -
Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin dynasty
Qin Shi Huang was the first Chinese sovereign to proclaim himself "Emperor", after unifying China in 221 BC. Qin Dynasty was the first unified, multi-national and power-centralized state in the Chinese history. It lasted from 221 BC to 207 B.C.E. This dynasty held an important role in Chinese history. A well-known achievements is the creation of the Great Wall and a large army of Terracotta Warriors. -
Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE
Han dynasty
the largest Chinese Historiographic work, known as the “Records of the Grand Historian”, was written during this Dynasty by Sima Qian. He was also referred to as the father of Chinese historiography.they were the second imperial dynasty of China (206 BC–220 AD), preceded by the Qin dynasty. Also succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD). Spanning over four centuries, the Han period is considered a "golden age" in Chinese history. -
Period: 265 to 420
Jin dynasty
It was founded by Sima Yan, son of Sima Zhao who was made Prince of Jin and posthumously declared the founder of the dynasty.It followed the Three Kingdoms period (220-280 AD), which ended with the conquest of Eastern Wu by the Jin. he Jin Dynasty consists of two dynasties, the Western Jin (265 -316) and the Eastern Jin (317 - 420). -
Period: 581 to 618
sui dynasty
Dynasty was able to unite China after a long period of divisionIn the early 500s, China was ruled by two major kingdoms known as the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In 581, a man named Yang Jian took control of the Northern Dynasty. He established the Sui Dynasty and became known as Emperor Wen. They had a stable economy, which was militaristic, and they were legalistic. The Sui made the Grand Canal, which was one of their biggest accomplishments. -
Period: 618 to 906
tang
Gunpowder was invented during the Tang Dynasty by Taoists who were attempting to create a potion of immortality Both poetry and painting reached their creative peaks in China during the Tang dynasty. The wife of Emperor Gaozong, Li Shimin's son, and Wu Zetian became the ruler of the affairs of the state -
Period: 960 to 1279
song dynasty
consisted of the Northern Song (960-1127) and the Southern Song (1127-1279).was considered as another period of 'golden age' after the glorious Tang Dynasty the Mongols attacks until which creates the fall of the final Song Emperor in 1279.was culturally the most brilliant era in later imperial Chinese history. -
Period: 1279 to 1368
yuan dynasty
also called Mongol dynasty, dynasty established by Mongol nomads that ruled portions and eventually all of China. The Yuan ruled China from 1279 to 1368.Kublai eventually conquered much of China and established his own Chinese dynasty called the Yuan Dynasty.Zhu Yuanzhang officially launched a deadly attack on the Yuan regime which was riddled with corruption and intrigue -
Period: 1368 to
ming dynasty
the Ming dynasty made China a global superpower, influencing the known world in trade, culture and might. It spanned nearly 300 years(from the fall of the Mongols in 1368 to the ascendancy of the Manchus in 1644).Earned a lot of money from trading goods to the Europeans. They ruled China from 1368 to 1644. It was a period of native Chinese leadership that came in between Mongol and Manchu rule. -
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qing (ch'ing) dynasty
Qing dynasty was first established in 1636 by the Manchus to designate their regime in Manchurian. Marked the end of the nation's incredibly long imperial history. It is also know as the great Qing.