4000 years in 15 minutes ECIS 591

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4000 years in 15 minutesECIS 591

• Andy Chang
• Sean Coleman
• Roxanne Shinn
• Scheris Warmbrodt

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Dynasties- What are they?

• Xia c.2100 BCE - c.1600 BCE
• Xi Zhou 1066 BCE - 771 BCE
• Dong Zhou 770 BCE - 256 BCE
• Chun Qiu Shi Dai 770 BCE - 476 BCE
• Zhan Guo Shi Dai 475 BCE - 221 BCE
• Qin 221 BCE - 206 BCE
• Xi Han 206 BCE - 23 CE
• Dong Han 25 - 220
• San Guo (Three Kingdoms) 220 - 265
• Xi Jin 265 -
  316
• Dong Jin 317 - 420
• Shi Liu Guo 304 - 439
• Nan-Bei Zhao 420 - 581

• Sui 531 - 613
• Tang 618 - 907
• Wu Dai Shi Guo 907 - 979
• Bei Song 960 - 1127
• Nan Song 1127 - 1279
• Liao 907 - 1125
• Xi Xia 1032 -
  1227
• Jin 1115 - 1234
• Yuan (Mongol) 1279 - 1368
• Ming 1368 - 1644
• Qing (Manchu) 1644 - 1911
• Republic of China 1912 - 1949
• People's Republic of China 1949 -

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Xia 2200 B.C.-1500 B.C.

• Mythical, not proven
• Slaves and maidservants were buried alive
• Ended when Xia ruler treated people badly
• Silk was produced as early as 2500 BC

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Shang 1700 B.C.-1027 B.C.

• Bronze-working civilization
• Earliest known Chinese writing
• Practiced Human Sacrifices
• Partilineal System

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Qin221 B.C. 206 B.C.

• China unified under first emperor Shih Huang-ti
• Standardized written language and money system
• Mass construction of roads and canals
• Great Wall is built by joining existing walls
• Farmers are the backbone of economy
• Records and art work destroyed, limit new ideas
• Giant clay army tomb constructed

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Early or Western Han 206 B.C. 9 A.D.Later or
Eastern Han 25 A.D. 220 A.D.

• Learning and education are important
• Teachings of Confucius followed
• Buddhism introduced from India
• Porcelain produced
• Import Silk to Europe
• Dictionary compiled in 100 A.D.
• Xin Dynasty 9 A.D. 24 A.D.

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Period of Disunion 220 A.D. 588 A.D.

• Three Kingdoms, division into three states
• Wei 220 265, became dominant
• Shu 221-263
• Wu 229 280
• Confucianism eclipsed, Buddhism influence
• Chin 265 420
• Southern Dynasties (Song, Qi, Liang, Chen)
• Northern Dynasties (Wei, Qi, Zhou)

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Sui 581 A.D. 618 A.D.

• Very short dynasty
• Reunification, centralized government
• Taxes reduced for common people
• Buddhism and Taoism favored over Confucianism
• Great Wall refortified
• Canal system established, became Grand Canal

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Tang 618-907

• Emperor Tai Zong Tang was the founder
• High point in Chinese civilization
• Buddhism declined and Confucianism more popular
• Equal land allotments to the male population
• Silk contributed to trade and prosperity
• The famous Three Color Pottery
• Only female emperor in Chinese history
• 24 emperors during this dynasty

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Song 969-1279

• Taizu Song was the founder
• Greater concentration of power
• Literature continued to flourish
• Mercantile class arose
• Printing and education spread
• Weak military

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(Mongol Reign) Yuan 1279-1368

• Khubilai Khan was the first emperor
• Yuan was an alien dynastic rule of China
• The Mongol empire was vast
• Mongols ruled as if they were Chinese
• Marco Polo visited
• Invention of Beijing Opera

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Ming 1368-1644

• Founded by a Han Chinese peasant
• Population around 100 million people
• Achieved most satisfactory civilization
• Wars with Mongols
• Harassment by Japanese
• Manchus took Beijing from North

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Qing 1644-1911

• Continued Confucian system
• Han Chinese not allowed into Manchu
• Protect from internal rebellion/ foreign invasion
• Unable to foresee future challenges
• Collapse of last imperial dynasty