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Chinese Dynasties

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1600-1046 Bc; First Chinese dynasty in written records; excavations at ruins of Yin; Bronze Age; writings found on oracle bones Shang Dynasty
1046-256 Bc; chariot warriors overthrew Shang; feudal lords; Spring and Autumn Period; Hundred Schools of Thought including Confucianism flourished; Sun Tzu wrote his Art of War; Warring States Period in which Qin rose; Zhou Dynasty
221-206 BC; China unified; known for book burning and standardized weight measurements; unified the Chinese script and built the Great Wall Qin Dynasty
206 Bc-220 Ad; Golden Age; established capital at Chang'an; established Confucianism as official state doctrine; series of poor rulers; Wang Mang toppled this Dynasty & established Xin (meaning new) dynasty; Yellow Turbans, Five Pecks of Rice (rebellions) Han Dynasty
618-907; another Golden Age; important poets like Li Bai and Du Fu; printing press invented; Empress Wu (only woman to become emperor of China and called her rule second Zhou Dynasty. She was a supporter of Buddhism; imperial examination) Tang Dynasty
960-1279; devoted to cultural activities instead of war; imperial exam primary way of recruiting talent; gunpowder & compass; militaristic Jin dynasty captured Song capital Kaifeng; Song dynasty aided Mongols in crushing Jin but defeated by Mongols later Song Dynasty
1271-1368; short lived dynasty established by Mongols who destroyed Jin and Song states; ruler was Kublai Khan, whose invasions of Japan were thwarted by Typhoons that the Japanese called the Kamikaze (divine wind); Red Turban rebellion ended it Yuan Dynasty
1368-1644; last native dynasty; use of China to describe fine porcelain; Emperor Hongwu was leader of Red Turbans; moved capital to Beijing; Manchu people marched on Great Wall Ming Dynasty
1644-1911; invading Manchus; last dynasty imperial China; banner system guaranteed welfare benefits in imperial exam; Opium Wars; Revolt of 3 Feudatories; Dowager Empress Cixi; Boxer Rebellion; last emperor Puyi age 2; Xinhai Revolution ended created ROC Qing Dynasty
Order Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing.
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