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HISTORY 历史 li shi
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What is History? History is the study of the past It looks at things that have happened, and why Because this happened, this happened
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The Four Great Chinese Inventions 四大发明 sì dà fā míng 四大发明 sìdàfāmíng Compass 指南车 zhǐ nán chē 指南车zhǐnánchē Gunpowder 火药 huǒ yào 火药huǒyào Paper 纸 zhǐ 纸zhǐ Printing 印刷术 yìn shuā shù 印刷术yìnshuāshù
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COMPASS
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GUN POWDER
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PAPER
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PRINTING PRESS
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Chinese Dynasties Most of Chinese history take place in a thing called a ‘Dynasty’ A Dynasty is a family that rules for many years There are 13 major Dynasties in Chinese history
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Ancient History 历史久远 历史久远 lì shǐ jiǔ yuǎn lìshǐjiǔyuǎn ancient history ancienthistory China is one of the oldest places in the world
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Xia Dynasty 夏朝
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Xia Dynasty 2100-1600 BC
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Xia Dynasty The Xia Dynasty was in a small area of land
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Shang Dynasty 商朝
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Shang Dynasty 1600-1046 BC
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Shang Dynasty 商朝 商朝 The Shang Dynasty moved out from where the Xia Dynasty started The Shang began using Oracle Bones to make the first Chinese characters
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Zhou Dynasty 周朝
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Zhou Dynasty 1046-256 BC
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Zhou Dynasty 周朝 周朝 The Zhou Dynasty began to live by the Yellow River Their Capital was Xi’an They went as far south as the Yangtze River
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Spring and Autumn Period 春秋時代 After the Zhou Dynasty the Spring and Autumn Period Began Confucianism and Taoism begin The Capital is moved to Luoyang
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Qin Dynasty 秦朝
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Qin Dynasty 221-206 BC
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Qin Dynasty 秦朝 秦朝 The Qin began the Great Wall They began to write down laws, and set down a common written language They had common currency (money) and standard weights and measurements
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Han Dynasty 汉朝
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Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD
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Han Dynasty 汉朝 First meeting with the West because of the Silk Road
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Xia Dynasty 夏朝
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Shang Dynasty 商朝
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Zhou Dynasty 周朝
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Qin Dynasty 秦朝
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Han Dynasty 汉朝
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Modern History 近代史 近代史 jìn dài shǐ jìndàishǐ History that is not as old, but still old
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Three Kingdoms 三国 SānSān guóguó
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Three Kingdoms 220-280
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The Three Kingdoms 三國 Bloodiest part of Chinese History Lots of wars Battle of Red Cliffs
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Jin Dynasty 晋朝 JìnJìn cháocháo
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Jin Dynasty 265-420
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Jin Dynasty 晋朝 Peace after war
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North & South Dynasty 北和南朝
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North & South Dynasty 420-581
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North & South Dynasty 南北朝 南北朝 Times of civil war Lots of art
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Sui Dynasty 随朝
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Sui Dynasty 581-618
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Sui Dynasty 隋朝 隋朝 Country came back together after 400 years of war
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Tang Dynasty 唐朝
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Tang Dynasty 618-907
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Tang Dynasty 唐朝 唐朝 Capital city of Xi’an was the largest in the world Families given fields based on need, not wealth
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Song Dynasty 宋朝
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Song Dynasty 960-1279
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Song Dynasty 宋朝 First in world to use paper money Education important
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Three Kingdoms
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Jin Dynasty
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North & South Dynasty
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Sui Dynasty
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Tang Dynasty
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Song Dynasty
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Recent History This is history that is not very old
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Yuan Dynasty 元朝
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Yuan Dynasty 1271-1368
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Yuan Dynasty 元朝 Marco Polo came from the West Beijing became Capital
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Ming Dynasty 明朝
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Ming Dynasty 1368-1644
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Ming Dynasty 明朝 Lots of trade, especially with Japan Large navy of ships built Last building of Great Wall
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Qing Dynasty 清朝
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Qing Dynasty 1644-1911
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Qing Dynasty 清朝 First complete dictionary West began to occupy China Opium wars After 4,000 years, no more dynasties
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Republic of China 民国
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Republic of China 1912-1949
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Republic of China Sun Yatsen Slavery ended Chiang Kai-shek and KMT Long March begins
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People’s Republic of China (PRC) 中花人民共和国
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People’s Republic of China (PRC) 1949-Present
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