ancient china 2200 b.c. to today. origins of chinese civilization xia dynasty 2200 bc to 1750 bc ...

Ancient China

2200 B.C. to Today

Origins of Chinese Civilization

Xia Dynasty 2200 BC to 1750 BCThought to be a myth until recent

Shang Dynasty 1750 BC-1040 BCFirst record of Chinese writingHuman sacrifice

Zhou Dynasties 1040 BC-221 BC

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

First Chinese Emperor Quin Shihuangdi Conquered all of China Began Great Wall

Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD Perfected Chinese government Doubled amount of territory

3 Kingdoms and Other States 220 AD-589 AD Period of disunity

The Second Empire 589-1644

Sui Dynasty 589-618 Tang Dynasty 618-907

Both helped to reunify ChinaSilk Road started

Empress Wu Tang—only woman to be EmperorMEAN!! Killed her own son!

Song Dynasty 960-1279Advances in technology & farming

Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty 1279-1368Mongols from the north (not Chinese)King Kublai Kahn Map of Mongol Territory (don’t write this down)

Ming Dynasty 1368-1644First Ming emperor was CRAZYBeheaded 40,000 people!Moved capital to Beijing, finished Great Wall, and

built the Forbidden City

Birth of Modern China 1644-1911

Qing (Manchu) Dynasty 1644-1911 Isolation—little to no contact with rest of

worldW 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