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Chinese Dynasties Flashcards

All of the Chinese Dynasties (incl. communist party) with dates and unique characteristics.

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156401122Xia2200-1766 BCE Tamed Yellow River 3 Great Sages0
156401123Shang1766-1122 BCE Bronze metallurgy Weapons Oracle bones (turtle shells)1
156401124Zhou1122-256 BCE Period of Warring States2
156401125Qin221-207 BCE Shi Huangdi-harsh Legalism3
156401126Han (Wang Mang)206 BCE-220 CE Han Wudi Imperial universities Civil service exams4
156401127Sui589-618 CE Grand Canal5
156401128Tang618-907 CE Militaristic New technology-paper, gunpowder6
156401129Song960-1279 CE Weak military Focused on technology and administration7
156401130Yuan1279-1368 CE Mongols-Kub. Khan8
156401131Ming1368-1644 CE Confucianism 8-legged essays Footbinding-elite women9
156401132Qing1644-1911 CE Pu Ye-last emperor Weak-British invasion Opium Spheres of Influence10
156401133Sun Yat-Sen-Jiang Jieshi-Mao Zedong1911-1949 CE Republic Guomandong nationalists11
156401134Mao Zedong1949 CE CCP12

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