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Chinese History

 Mythology Prehistory and Xia Culture Shang Cultures 12th - 11th cent. BC Dawenkou Culture ceramic pot Western Zhou bronze tripod Western Zhou Dynasty 11 cent. - 770 BC Eastern Zhou Dynasty - Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC Eastern Zhou Dynasty - Warring States Period 475-221 BC Earthenware figurine of a Han dancer Qin Dynasty 221-206 BC Former or Western Han Dynasty 206/02 BC - 8 AD Xin Dynasty 8-22 AD and Later or Eastern Han Dynasty 22/25-220 AD Bodhisattva head of Maijishan Grottoes The Three Kingdoms (Shu-Han, Cao-Wei, Wu) 220-280 Western and Eastern Jin Dynasty 265-322-420 The Southern Dynasties (Liu-Song, Qi, Liang, Chen) 420-589 The Sixteen Barbarian Kingdoms 304-439 Northern Wei or Tuoba-Wei 386-534, and successors 534-581 Tang glazed earthenware camel Sui Dynasty 581-618 Tang Dynasty 618-907 Five Dynasties 907-960 Ten States 907-960 Birds, painting by a Song Dynasty literate official Northern and Southern Song Dynasty 960-1127-1279 The Khitan Liao Dynasty 907-1125 The Jurchen Jin Dynasty 1115-1234 Yuan Dynasty painting of a Mongol horse The Mongol Yuan Dynasty 1206/79-1368 Ming Dynasty porcelain vase Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 The Qianlong Emperor The Manchu Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 Late Imperial China 1800-1911 The writer Lu Xun The Republic of China 1911-1928-1949 The war against Japan, and the liberation of China 1937-1945-1949 Chairman Mao Zedong The era of Mao Zedong 1949-1976 The era Deng Xiaoping; modern China since 1976 Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall at Taipeh History of Taiwan and Taiwan R.O.C. History of Hong Kong and Macao History of Singapore and the Overseas Chinese

Chinese History - a line along the Great Wall

 Special themes in history:

Calendar and chronology (天干地支, 年號)

Titles of rulers and names of persons (名字,號,廟號,謚)

Examination system (科舉制)

Foreign peoples in and around China (匈奴, 鮮卑,...)

The Great Wall 長城

The Silkroad 絲綢之路

The Great Canal 大運河
Historical Geography

Literature and Philosophy

Religion

Technology and Inventions
(under construction,
see particular dynasties)

Arts

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