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Han Dynasty Begins
Actually began sooner but this website is broken -
Period: 100 to 220
Han Dynasty
Philisophical and trade expansion
Believed a good ruler ruled for a long time
Invented paper, wheel barrow etc.
Lowered taxes and laws
Made silk route safe -
220
han Dynasty Ends
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Nov 11, 604
Emporer Yang
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Nov 11, 617
Emporer Gong
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Nov 11, 1206
Genhis Khan
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Period: Nov 11, 1206 to Nov 11, 1368
Yuan (Mongolian)
Genghis Khan had conquered most of China
Attempted to govern China
Ended up failing -
Nov 11, 1229
Ögedei Khan
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Nov 11, 1246
Güyük Khan
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Nov 11, 1251
Möngke Khan
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Nov 11, 1260
Kublai Khan
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Nov 11, 1333
Toghan Temür Khan
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Nov 11, 1368
The Hongwu Emperor
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Period: Nov 11, 1368 to Nov 11, 1544
Ming Dynasty
Mongel rule ended in the 1300s
Stretched far east to middle china
Capitol changed to Bejing
Large in trading -
Nov 11, 1402
Xie Jin
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The Chongzhen Emperor
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Wei Zaode
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Period: to
Qing Dynasty
Also Empire of the Great Qing, Great Qing or Manchu dynasty
The dynasty was founded by the Jurchen Aisin Gioro clan in Northeastern China
In 1644, peasant rebels led by Li Zicheng conquered the Ming capital Beijing -
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First Opium War
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the demand for Chinese goods (particularly silk, porcelain, and tea) in the European market created a trade imbalance
In 1842, the Treaty of Nanking—the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties—granted an indemnity and extraterritoriality to Britain
The failure of the treaty to satisfy British goals of improved trade and diplomatic relations led to the Second Opium War -
Taiping Rebellion Starts
Goal was to give china back to its people
Removed ancient customs
over 1,000,000 people died -
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Second Opium War
This was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China
The 1850s saw the rapid growth of imperialism
The french and English brutally defeated the Xianfeng Emperor -
Taiping Rebellion Ends
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Boxer rebellion
Began as an anti fireign movement
Government took action because they were also killing chinese
Sun Yat-Sen became president of the republic of china -
Emporer Wen
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Emporer Gaozu
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Empoerer Ai
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Sui Dynasty
Recounstructed great wall
Wendi took throne by force
Built system of canals and rivers
Buddhism Floursihed
Golden age of literature -
Period: to
Tang Dynasty
Found by Li family who seized the power
Had its capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), which at the time was the most populous city in the world
The Tang dynasty was largely a period of progress and stability
There were many notable innovations during the Tang, including the development of woodblock printing
