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
