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624
624 CE
Wu Zhao was born to a wealthy family during the Tang Dynasty -
638
638 CE
She became a junior concubine of the emperor -
649
649 CE
The emperor died, so she was sent to A Buddhist nunnery. But the new emperor took interest of her, and brought her back to court as a senior concubine -
660
660 CE
Gaozong(current emperor) had a stroke making Wu Zhao do most of the duties because she had the intelligence, expirence and the skill to do so. -
683
683 CE
The emperor died so she gave it to one of the sons. But she didn't like that he was so independent so he kicked him off the throne and appointed her other son as Emperor. -
690
690 CE
She decided she wanted to be emperor so she kicked off the other son and made herself the new emperor. This interupted Tang dynasty -
705
705 CE
After half a century of controlling the empire, she died.