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here are the major in the history of ancient china.
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the first dynasty in china very little is known about the xia
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the Shang ruled over much of the area along the yellow river. the last
capital city was the great city of yin -
the longest ruling dynasty in history of china the zhou first used the mandate of heaven to justify their rule much of the land was ruled by feudal lords who were relatives of the zhou family
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the beginning of the chinese emperor shi huangdi became the first chinese emporor although this is a short dynasty much was accomplished including the beginning of the great wall standards were set for weighs measures and money.
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the han dynasty established the civil service to create a strong and organized government paper and porcelain were also invented during this time the han also embraced confucianism poetry and litareture
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a period of time where china was not united a single leader
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the sui unite china again under one rule they also expanded the great wall and built the grand canal
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a time of peace and prosperity
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a plesant rebellion that takes down the tang dynasty and ushers in a period of division
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reunited under a song china becomes a world leader in science and technology includes inventions such as gun powder and the compass
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after the mongols defeated the song in a long war kublai khan a mongol leader established the yuan dynasties
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the last of the great chinese dynasty the ming finished the great wall and built forbitten city an enormous palace for the emporer the ming came into power by overthrowing the rule of the mongols