Chinese Dynasties

  • Period: 100 to 220

    Han Dynasty

    -206 B.C. to 220 A.D.
    -Han rose to power after the leader Han Wu-di defeated the Xiongu menace
    -Believed that only good rulers are ones that have ruled for a long time
    -Invented paper, comasses, porcelain and the wheel barrow
  • 220

    Map of the Han Dynasty

    Map of the Han Dynasty
  • Period: Jan 14, 1209 to Jan 14, 1279

    Mongols

    -1209-1279 B.C
    -initially unified all tribes -the first military target was located in the middle and western part of China
  • Jan 11, 1279

    The Song Dynasty

    The Song Dynasty
  • Period: Jan 14, 1279 to Jan 14, 1368

    The Ming

    -1279 to 1368
    -Flooding of the Yellow River
    -Encouraged people to rebel
    -Had very large and powerful armies
  • Nov 14, 1279

    Mongols

    Mongols
  • Nov 14, 1368

    Ming

    Ming
  • Sui Tang Dynasty

    Sui Tang Dynasty
  • Tang Dynasty

    Tang Dynasty
  • Period: to Jan 11, 1279

    The Song Dynasty

    -960-1279 A.D.
    -Era of economic and social changes
    -Growth in comerce and maritime trade
    -urban expansion of technological innovations
  • Period: to Jan 11, 617

    Sui Tang Dynasty

    -581- 617 A.D.
    -Gained power by staring projects
    -Created the Grand Canal
    -China became reunified
  • Period: to

    Tang Dynasty

    -618-907 A.D.
    Buddhism flourished
    -Golden Age of literature
    -Taken over by Aribs and Talas in 751, which later lead to decline