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China Timeline

  • 400

    China in Chaos

    China spent 3 hundred years in chaos because of disorder and civil wars.
  • Period: 400 to Dec 31, 1500

    China Timeline

  • Grand Canal Completed
    Dec 9, 610

    Grand Canal Completed

    Emporer Sui Yangdi completes construction of the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal linked the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, which increased trade.
  • Dec 9, 1127

    China Invaded from North

    The Song ruler had to continually move the imperial court south because of ivading forces in the North
  • Khan Invades China
    Dec 9, 1211

    Khan Invades China

    By 1211, Genghis Khan had taken over all of China.
  • China Absorbed into Mongol Empire
    Dec 9, 1279

    China Absorbed into Mongol Empire

    Kublai Khan defeats what is left of China. China had seen its last dynasty and the Song Dynast was over. Kublai Khan formed the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
  • Sui Dynasty Begins

    Sui Dynasty Begins

    Sui dynasty begins. First Dynast in over 300 years
  • Emperor Sui Reunites China

    Emperor Sui Reunites China

    The Emporer finally reunited China and ends the Chaos
  • Yangdi Assassinated: New Dynasty Forms

    Yangdi Assassinated: New Dynasty Forms

    Sui Yangdi was assassinated which brought the Sui dynasty to a close. Soon after, The Tang dynasty formed and took control of China.
  • First Female Emporer of China

    First Female Emporer of China

    Wu Zhao became the first female emporer In Chineese History.
  • Tang Dynasty Colapse

    Tang Dynasty Colapse

    Poor decisions by the emporer led to unrest amoung the dynasty. In 907, the Tang dynasty colapsed.
  • Song Dynasty Begins

    Song Dynasty Begins

    General Chao K'uang-yin reunites China in 960 and the Song Dynasty begins.