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Chinese Dynasty Timeline
1600 B.C. - 1046 B.C.
In the Shang Dynasty, agriculture was a main part of the society. Among the many crops they grew were millet, wheat, rice, mulberry, and hemp. (Warrior Tours)
-At the time, the Shang dynasty was one of the most advanced civilizations. They created a calendar based on the moon cycles; it lasted 366 days. Also, they created convex mirrors. (Warrior Tours)
-They created many arts and crafts to portray their talent. On them, The Shang crafted their advances in astrology and geometry. (Wikipedia)
Zhou Dynasty
1045 B.C. - 221 B.C.
Ancient chinese civilization on the Loess Plateau (Warrior Tours)
Birthplace of Confucius, great chinese philosopher who invented Confucianism and Daoism. (Wikipedia)
The Zhou Dynasty made great advances in agriculture such as implementing the use of sharp tools made out of metal. (Warrior Tours)
Began to barter, or trade. Also made handcrafts out of bronze. (Warrior Tours)
221 B.C. - 220 AD
In the Han Dynasty, the were various religions, but the main ones were Daoism andConfucianism. (Wikipedia)
-Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty developed the silk road to exchange goods with Europe. (Kids Past)
-The Han economy was tremendously successful. this was due to variations in currency, taxing civilians for land, and the silk road. (Wikipedia)
Qin Dynasty
221 B.C. - 206 B.C.
The Qin Dynasty began to build higher city walls, and taller government building to show power and authority. (Wikipedia)
Had a monetary currency, the ancient Chinese coin. (Wikipedia)
Regarding the arts aspect, the Qin Dynasty truly thrived. Their emperor, Qin Shi Huang, created the army of terra-cotta warriors, considered the 8th wonder of the world. (Warrior Tours)
Sui Dynasty
-The Sui Dynasty is responsible for the construction of the Grand Canal. (Wikipedia)
Emperor Wendi of the Sui Dynasty helped greatly the economy. He counted the population and adjusted taxes. ( Warrior Tours)
-Buddhism was the main religion. It was the main cause of people's unity in the dynasty. (Wikipedia)
-The Tang Dynasty reestablished the Silk Road which made their economy successful. (Wikipedia)
-As a result from the Silk Road, they acquired new ideas and technologies. They got new types of ceramics, clothes, and rare luxuries. (Warrior Tours)
-Began sailing throughout the globe. Sailors departed from the Indian Ocean and reached all sorts of places. They first established maritime trade. (Wikipedia)
Sung Dynasty
-The Sung Dynasty had the first printed books and the first school system. (Fact and Details)
-Invented the compass and gunpowder. (Warrior Tours)
-Arts and literature were also a great part of the Sung Dynasty. The expanded the idea of portrait and landscape painting, composed poetry, and had calligraphy. (Wikipedia)
-The Yuan Dynasty controlled a very vast territory. It extended from Siberia to the South Sea, an area of about 12 million square kilometers. (Warrior Tours)
-At the beginning had a very poor economy but then increased when the Qubalai arrived due to their implementation of agriculture and animal herding. (Wikipedia)
-One of the main reasons that led to the fall of the Yuan Dynasty was the overtaxing of citizens. (Wikipedia)
The great majority of the existing part of The Great Wall of China was rebuilt by the Ming Dynasty. (Facts and Details)
-The Ming Dynasty had one of China's first paper currencies. (Warrior Tours)
Porcelain was very important at the time. The Ming Dynasty set up porcelain factories which were a great success and boosted the economy. (Facts and Details)
The Qing Dynasty was the last monarchy in china. Finally an end to the feudal system. (Wikipedia)
-Began in northeastern China with the Manchu. It then expanded to become the Empire of the Great Qing. (Warrior Tours)
-The Qing military was proven old and weak at the First Opium War where China was easily defeated. (Wikipedia)
Deng Ziaopeng
Deng Ziaopeng was a politician who was the leader of the Communist Party of China. (Wikipedia)
-He, as a reformer, led China into a Market Economy. (Wikipedia)
-Deng permitted foreign investments and the world market which made China's economy prosperous and stable. (Wikipedia)
Mao Zedong was the coomunist leader of the People's Republic of China until his death in 1976. (WIkipedia)
-Mao Zedong has his own political ideology. It is that of Maoism; a particular form of communism. (Wikipedia)
-He was a dictator who was very conceited. In a 1950 advertisement on Mao, a family house filled with Mao's pictures. For many an idol but for others a devil.
China is the world's most populated country. (Wikipedia)
It is ruled by a communist party, Communist Party of China led by Hu Jintao. (Wikipedia)
-It holds the world's largest standing army and the world's third largest economy. Alongside the United States and Russia, China is, without a doubt, a world superpower. (Wikipedia)
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