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The Han dynasty finally ended due to the peasant revolt which was the Yellow Tubans. Due to this, there was centuries of civil war, division and suffering. The warlords fought each other for the throne of China. This wars went for 369 years.
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The Sui dynasty ended the civil war that was started by the Han dynasty. The Sui dynasty only ruled for 29 years before the Tang dynasty was in rule.
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The Tang dynasty had finally started. The first ruler of the Tang was Li-Yuan who changed his name to Gaozu. The Tang dynasty toke charge because Gaozu led a rebellion against the Sui dynasty. The last two emperors of the Sui dynasty spent all there money on the army and this led to the Sui dynasty being in debt with China.
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Gaozu created the first legal code which was copied by many other countries like Korea, Vietnam and Japan, the legal code was also copied by later dynasties of China. Some countries still use the legal code to this day.
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Wood block printing develops under the emperor Taizong.
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The first emperor of the Tang dynasty ended and Taizong was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty.
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Taizong reigned fro 23 years, from 626 to 649. Taizong died due to dysentery.
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The Baekje kingdom and Silla in Korea fall to the Tang dynasty in a naval attack.
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Tang dynasty successfully besieges the Goguryeo on the second attempt.
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Goguryeo kingdom in Korea collapses by an attack from the Tang dynasty.
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The Silla army defeats TAng army at the battle of Kibolpo, gaining control of the whole Korean peninsula.
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Rule of the empress Wu Zetain. Who was the first feamle emperor of China and the only female monarch. She was one of the most effective and controversial monarchs in China's history.
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Gunpowder was found while an alchemist in China was looking find the elixir of life to render the user to become immortal. At first, they only used gunpowder for fireworks.
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The very first porcelain was invented in China. Porcelain was made from petuntse, or China stone , ground to powder and mixed with kaolin. During the firing, at a temperature of about 1,450 °C .
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The Tang dynasty identified that people with diabetes had very sugar levels in the urine, they also made discoveries in treating goiters. They realed that thyroid glands of sheep and pigs can successfully treat people with goiters.
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The rule of Xuanzong started in 712. He was the longest emperor of the Tang dynasty, ruling for 44 years. He had 52 children.
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The clock operated by water dripping, which powered a wheel that made one full revolution in 24 hours. There would also be an automatic chiming of a bell every hour and beating of a drum every fifteen minutes.
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Air conditioning was first crested in the Tang dynasty. The air conditioning used a system called Tang-Yulin. Air conditioning was made by a water powered fan wheels functioned like air conditioning. They used mountain water.
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Huang-Chao starts a rebellion which weakens the Tang dynasty.
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The reign of emperor Emperor Zhaozong. The second last emperor of the Tang dynasty.
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Emperor Zhaozong assassinated by Warlord Zhu Quanzong.
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Reign of Ai, last Tang dynasty emperor of China. Assassinated by warlord Zhu Quanzong when he was aged fifteen. Zhu Quanzong soon toke the throne of China for himself.
