China (1200-2000) By jleader Period: 130 to 1433 Silk Roads Period: 960 to 1279 Song Dynasty Period: 1209 to 1368 Yuan Dynasty (Mongol Rule) Period: 1351 to 1368 Red Turban Rebellion Period: 1368 to 1644 Ming Dynasty Period: 1405 to 1433 Zheng He's voyages in Indian Ocean Period: 1644 to 1911 Qing Dynasty (Manchu Rule) Period: 1680 to 1760 Chinese expansion into inner Asia Period: 1839 to 1860 Opium Wars Period: 1890 to 1899 European Spheres of Influence Period: 1899 to 1901 Boxer Rebellion Period: 1914 to 1918 World War 1 1921 Chinese Communist Part Founded Period: 1927 to 1936 Chinese Civil War 1937 Japan Invades China start of WWII in Asia Period: 1949 to 2000 Peoples Republic of China 1949- present Period: 1958 to 1962 Great Leap Forward Period: 1966 to 1976 Cultural Revolution Period: 1978 to 1992 Xiaoping takes Power + economic reforms 1989 Tianamen Square Protests