1. Ancient China 2200 B.C. to Today

2. 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

3. The Early Empire: 221 BC Qin Dynasty 221-206 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

4. The Second Empire 589-1644 Sui Dynasty 589-618 Sui Dynasty Tang Dynasty 618-907 Tang Dynasty  Both helped to reunify China  Silk Road started Empress Wu Tang—only woman to be Emperor  MEAN!! Killed her own son!

5. Song Dynasty 960-1279 Song Dynasty  Advances in technology & farming Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty 1279-1368 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 1368-1644 Ming Dynasty  First Ming emperor was CRAZY  Beheaded 40,000 people!  Moved capital to Beijing, finished Great Wall, and built the Forbidden City

6. Birth of Modern China 1644-1911 Qing (Manchu) Dynasty 1644-1911 Qing (Manchu) Dynasty  Isolation—little to no contact with rest of world  W W I started

7. Shang Dynasty

8. Zhou Dynasties

9. Qin Dynasty

10. Han Dynasty

11. Sui Dynasty

12. Tang Dynasty

13. Song Dynasty

14. Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty

15. Ming Dynasty

16. Qing (Manchu) Dynasty

17. Mongol Territory