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wangwei Posted at 27-4-2008 23:33

History of China

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History Timeline
Note:Clicking on the Chinese characters for each of the dynasty will bring up a list of the emperors (in Chinese) for each of the respective dynasty. However, not every dynasty will have a link. For those who has can read Chinese, I highly recommend Seke Wei's excellent Era and Timeline of Chinese History.

Dates         Dates Dynasty        
ca. 2000-1500 B.C.         Xia        
1700-1027 B.C.         Shang        
1027-771 B.C.         Western Zhou        
770-221 B.C.         Eastern Zhou        
770-476 B.C. -- Spring and Autumn period        
475-221 B.C. -- Warring States period        
221-207 B.C.         Qin        
206 B.C.-A.D. 9         Western Han        
A.D. 9-24         Xin(Wang Mang interregnum)        
A.D. 25-220         Eastern Han        
A.D. 220-280         Three Kingdoms        
220-265 -- Wei        
221-263 -- Shu        
229-280 -- Wu        
A.D. 265-316         Western Jin        
A.D. 317-420         Eastern Jin        
A.D. 420-588         Southern and Northern Dynasties        
420-588         Southern Dynasties        
420-478 -- Song        
479-501 -- Qi        
502-556 -- Liang        
557-588 -- Chen        
386-588         Northern Dynasties        
386-533 -- Northern Wei        
534-549 -- Eastern Wei        
535-557 -- Western Wei        
550-577 -- Northern Qi        
557-588 -- Northern Zhou        
A.D. 581-617         Sui        
A.D. 618-907         Tang        
A.D. 907-960         Five Dynasties        
907-923 -- Later Liang        
923-936 -- Later Tang        
936-946 -- Later Jin        
947-950 -- Later Han        
951-960 -- Later Zhou        
A.D. 907-979         Ten Kingdoms        
A.D. 960-1279         Song        
960-1127 -- Northern Song        
1127-1279 -- Southern Song        
A.D. 916-1125         Liao        
A.D. 1038-1227         Western Xia        
A.D. 1115-1234         Jin        
A.D. 1279-1368         Yuan        
A.D. 1368-1644         Ming        
A.D. 1644-1911         Qing        
A.D. 1911-1949         Republic of China (in mainland China)        
A.D. 1949-         Republic of China (in Taiwan)
A.D. 1949-         People's Republic of China        
               
Table of Contents

    * Historical Setting
    * The Ancient Dynasties
          o Dawn of History
          o Zhou Period
          o Hundred Schools of Thought

    * The Imperial Era
          o First Imperial Period
          o Era of Disunity
          o Restoration of Empire
          o Mongolian Interlude
          o Chinese Regain Power
          o Rise of the Manchus

    * Emergence Of Modern China
          o Western Powers Arrive First Modern Period
          o Opium War, 1839-42 Era of Disunity
          o Taiping Rebellion, 1851-64
          o Self-Strengthening Movement
          o Hundred Days' Reform and Aftermath
          o Republican Revolution of 1911

    * Republican China
          o Nationalism and Communism
                + Opposing the Warlords
                + Consolidation under the Guomindang
                + Rise of the Communists
          o Anti-Japanese War
          o Return to Civil War

    * People's Republic Of China
          o Transition to Socialism, 1953-57
          o Great Leap Forward, 1958-60
          o Readjustment and Recovery, 1961-65
          o Cultural Revolution Decade, 1966-76
                + Militant Phase, 1966-68
                + Ninth National Party Congress
                  to the Demise of Lin Biao, 1969-71
                + End of the Era of Mao Zedong, 1972-76
          o Post-Mao Period, 1976-78
          o China and the Four Modernizations, 1979-82
          o Reforms, 1980-88

    * References f

loveworld Posted at 30-4-2008 06:39

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