1. Chinese Dynasties

2. Shang 1766 – 1122 BCE 1st recorded Chinese dynasty Huang He river
Patriarchal
Ancestor Worship

3. Zhou 1122 – 256 BCE Confucius – Family based rigid social hierarchy
Lao-tze (Daoism) “The Path”
Mandate of Heaven
Legalism – Strict rules with harsh punishments

4. Qin 221 – 206 BCE Shi Huangdi – First Emperor Legalism
Abolished slavery (to tax the peasants)
Unification/Standardized measures, weights, language
Where China gets its name

5. Han 202 BCE – 220 CE Compares to Rome Big, Well governed
Suffers from Over-Expansion
Invaders
Mix legalism with confucianism
Tribute system

6. Sui
581 – 618 CE
Reunification
Build Grand Canal
Chang’an = Capital

7. Tang 618 – 907 CE Becomes large Expands Trade Embraces Buddhism
Superior sulk
Starts wearing cotton pants

8. Song 960 – 1279 CE Smart! Smaller than Tang Clock Gunpowder Junk
Stern(Rear)mounted rudder
Footbinding
Hated Buddhism (Wu Zhao – A woman and a Buddhist?!)

9. Yuan 1279 – 1368 MONGOLS (Wait for it…) Largest Land Empire
Ghengis Khan
Safe Silk Road (Pax Mongolica)
Cant take Japan

10. Ming 1368 – 1644 Yongle (Young Li)
Voyages into Indian Ocean of Zheng He
Blue Porcelain
Paper Money
Silver for payments /Mercantilism of silver

11. Qing 1644 – 1912 Manchus – reverse assimilation Kangxi 1662 – 1722
Economic , military, culture rebuilding
Canton System
Opium War/Treaty of Nanking
Last Chinese Dynasty
Boxer Rebellion

12. Republic 1912 – 1949 Not that important Fall of Qing
Era between Qing and Mao

13. Mao Zedong 1949 – 1975 Turns to peasants Long march Great Leap Forward
Turns to communism
Bans footbinding
Cultural Revolution

14. Deng Xiaoping 1978 - 1991 MADE IN CHINA
MADE IN CHINA
Mass increase in output of Chinas industry
Increase in foreign influence (McDonalds, Coca-Cola as examples)