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Period: 2100 BCE to 1600 BCE
Xia Dynasty
The first hereditary dynasty of China. -
Period: 1046 BCE to 256 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
The longest dynasty in Chinese history. It is the creator of the word "Huaxia" and it was the initial meaning of Huaxia. -
Period: 3 BCE to 460
Xiongnu/Hun
Xiongnu was the name of the nomad people who lived around Mongolian Plateau and they called themselves Hu(Hun). Huns were important for Huaxia because numerous of wars and culture exchange connect Huaxia and Xiongnu. -
Period: 67 to 907
Fan
In 67AD, Buddhism entered Eastern Han. "Fan" appeared because all of the Buddhist texts were written in Sanskrit, which has the same pronunciation as Fan in Chinese. Buddhism make lots of effects during Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. -
Period: 386 to 534
Han
In Northern Wei, it was the first time that "Han" was used as the sign or label of the people who lived in the central state. After that, most names of the things which related to Hanzu would have a prefixion "Han", like Hanzi and Hanyu. -
Period: 581 to 618
China
"China" is how we call China nowadays. There're quantities of theories about when and where "China" became the name of China. One of them said that "China" comes from Sanskrit “Chini” around Sui Dynasty. -
Period: 618 to 907
Tang
Tang Dynasty was the greatest time in Chinese history. -
Period: 1368 to
Da Ming
Ming Dynasty was the last absolutism centralized state which founded by Han nation people. -
Period: to
Zhongguo
In SunYat-sen's theory, “中国” firstly appeared as the Chinese name of China.