Ancient China 2200 B.C. to Today

Origins of Chinese Civilization Xia Dynasty 2200 BC to 1750 BC  Thought to be a myth until recent Shang Dynasty 1750 BC-1040 BC Shang Dynasty  First record of Chinese writing  Human sacrifice Zhou Dynasties 1040 BC-221 BC Zhou Dynasties

The Early Empire: 221 BC Qin Dynasty BC Qin Dynasty  First Chinese Emperor Quin Shihuangdi  Conquered all of China  Began Great Wall Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD Han Dynasty  Perfected Chinese government  Doubled amount of territory 3 Kingdoms and Other States 220 AD-589 AD  Period of disunity

The Second Empire Sui Dynasty Sui Dynasty Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty  Both helped to reunify China  Silk Road started Empress Wu Tang—only woman to be Emperor  MEAN!! Killed her own son!

Song Dynasty Song Dynasty  Advances in technology & farming Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty  Mongols from the north (not Chinese)  King Kublai Kahn  Map of Mongol Territory (don’t write this down) Map of Mongol Territory Ming Dynasty Ming Dynasty  First Ming emperor was CRAZY  Beheaded 40,000 people!  Moved capital to Beijing, finished Great Wall, and built the Forbidden City

Birth of Modern China Qing (Manchu) Dynasty Qing (Manchu) Dynasty  Isolation—little to no contact with rest of world  W 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