Ancient China

2200 B.C. to Today

Origins of Chinese Civilization

Xia Dynasty 2200 BC to 1750 BCThought to be a myth until recent

Shang Dynasty 1750 BC-1040 BCFirst record of Chinese writingHuman sacrifice

Zhou Dynasties 1040 BC-221 BC

The Early Empire: 221 BC Qin Dynasty 221-206 BC

First Chinese Emperor Quin Shihuangdi Conquered all of China Began Great Wall

Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD Perfected Chinese government Doubled amount of territory

3 Kingdoms and Other States 220 AD-589 AD Period of disunity

The Second Empire 589-1644

Sui Dynasty 589-618 Tang Dynasty 618-907

Both helped to reunify ChinaSilk Road started

Empress Wu Tang—only woman to be EmperorMEAN!! Killed her own son!

Song Dynasty 960-1279Advances in technology & farming

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty 1279-1368Mongols from the north (not Chinese)King Kublai Kahn Map of Mongol Territory (don’t write this down)

Ming Dynasty 1368-1644First Ming emperor was CRAZYBeheaded 40,000 people!Moved capital to Beijing, finished Great Wall, and

built the Forbidden City

Birth of Modern China 1644-1911

Qing (Manchu) Dynasty 1644-1911 Isolation—little to no contact with rest of

worldW W I started

Shang Dynasty

Zhou Dynasties

Qin Dynasty

Han Dynasty

Sui Dynasty

Tang Dynasty

Song Dynasty

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

Ming Dynasty

Qing (Manchu) Dynasty

Mongol Territory