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| 318308431 | Xia | Civilization centered around East Yellow River | 0 | |
| 318308432 | Xia | Silk worms were cultivated for the first time | 1 | |
| 318308433 | Xia | Loose collection of independent city-states | 2 | |
| 318308434 | Xia | Contemporary of Mesopotamia, Indus River Valley, and Ancient Egypt | 3 | |
| 318308435 | Xia | Mastery of bronze is started | 4 | |
| 318308436 | Shang | Same time as Vedic Age in India | 5 | |
| 318308437 | Shang | 1st official dynasty | 6 | |
| 318308438 | Shang | 1st official Chinese dynasty | 7 | |
| 318308439 | Shang | 7-8 different ruling families - each creates a new capital | 8 | |
| 318308440 | Shang | Oracles bones are used | 9 | |
| 318308441 | Shang | Time when kings are viewed as intermediary between heaven and earth | 10 | |
| 318308442 | Shang | Veneration of ancestors begins | 11 | |
| 318308443 | Zhou | Longest dynasty | 12 | |
| 318308444 | Zhou | Dynasty is feudalistic - local rulers pledge loyalty to emperors | 13 | |
| 318308445 | Zhou | Introduction of written law | 14 | |
| 318308446 | Zhou | Currency is created (iron) | 15 | |
| 318308447 | Zhou | 100 Schools Era takes place at this time (Confucius, Daoism, Legalism) | 16 | |
| 318308448 | Zhou | Concept of Mandate of Heaven is first introduced | 17 | |
| 318308449 | Qin | 2nd shortest dynasty | 18 | |
| 318308450 | Qin | China becomes unified for the first time with a central government | 19 | |
| 318308451 | Qin | Shi Huangdi unifies China | 20 | |
| 318308452 | Qin | Philosophy = legalism | 21 | |
| 318308453 | Qin | Organized bureaucracy and standard written legal code are introduced | 22 | |
| 318308454 | Qin | Weights and measures are first standardized | 23 | |
| 318308455 | Qin | Great Wall is built/Terra Cotta warriors | 24 | |
| 318308456 | Han | Height of ancient world | 25 | |
| 318308457 | Han | Same time as pax romana | 26 | |
| 318308458 | Han | Confucianism is greatly promoted | 27 | |
| 318308459 | Han | CSE is important - based on Confucian values | 28 | |
| 318308460 | Han | Paper is introduced | 29 | |
| 318308461 | Han | Silk Roads connect China to Mediterranean world | 30 | |
| 318308462 | Han | People of China get their ethnic name from this | 31 | |
| 318308463 | Han | Largest dynasty of 4 predecessors (Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han) | 32 | |
| 318308464 | Han | filial piety becomes prevalent | 33 | |
| 318308465 | Han | People study the Analects | 34 | |
| 318308466 | Sui | Shortest dynasty | 35 | |
| 318308467 | Sui | Father/son duo rule | 36 | |
| 318308468 | Sui | Grand Canal is built (transports food to the people) | 37 | |
| 318308469 | Sui | There is no CSE | 38 | |
| 318308470 | Sui | Tried to invade Korea, but failed | 39 | |
| 318308471 | Tang | Largest territorial dynasty | 40 | |
| 318308472 | Tang | "Hyper-empire": a time when a society is more powerful than any other society at the time | 41 | |
| 318308473 | Tang | CSE is reintroduced with 3-tier system | 42 | |
| 318308474 | Tang | Scholar gentry starts to replace landed aristocracy | 43 | |
| 318308475 | Tang | Block printing introduced (600 years before Europe) | 44 | |
| 318308476 | Tang | Poetry is very important (Artist Li Bo) | 45 | |
| 318308477 | Tang | 1st book is printed - "Diamond Sutra" - Buddhist text | 46 | |
| 318308478 | Tang | Buddhism is huge, but by the end of the dynasty it is viewed as a threat | 47 | |
| 318308479 | Tang | Introduction of porcelain | 48 | |
| 318308480 | Tang | Empress Wu ruled at this time - only female Emperor | 49 | |
| 318308481 | Tang | foot-binding starts, but it is limited | 50 | |
| 318308482 | Song | CSE modified to add Chinese literature | 51 | |
| 318308483 | Song | Porcelain is blue and white | 52 | |
| 318308484 | Song | Gunpowder is invented | 53 | |
| 318308485 | Song | Time of mini Ice Age | 54 | |
| 318308486 | Song | Capital moved to the South | 55 | |
| 318308487 | Song | Economic growth as maritime trade is introduced | 56 | |
| 318308488 | Song | Foot-binding becomes widespread | 57 | |
| 318308489 | Song | Neo-Confucianism - reinterpretation of old texts: tradition and morality, introspection, honoring past | 58 | |
| 318308490 | Song | Gov't has too many people and becomes corrupt | 59 | |
| 318308491 | Yuan | Controlled by Mongols (they control all of Asia) | 60 | |
| 318308492 | Yuan | Kublai Khan claims Mandate of Heaven | 61 | |
| 318308493 | Yuan | Chinese had power only at local level | 62 | |
| 318308494 | Yuan | Marco Polo is part of the court - brings knowledge to Europeans of gunpoweder, porcelain, etc. | 63 | |
| 318308495 | Yuan | Pax Mongolica - 100 years of Mongol peace | 64 | |
| 318308496 | Yuan | Silk Roads are secure and safe for China | 65 | |
| 318308497 | Yuan | Plague travels to Europe through Silk Roads | 66 | |
| 318308498 | Yuan | No CSE at this time (foreign ruler) | 67 | |
| 318308499 | Yuan | First Forbidden City is built in Beijing (not the Forbidden City of today) | 68 | |
| 318308500 | Yuan | Failed invasion of Japan due to Kamikaze winds | 69 | |
| 318308501 | Ming | CSE reintroduced (after Mongols) | 70 | |
| 318308502 | Ming | Yongle is most important emperor - he hates Mongols; destroys and rebuilds Forbidden City | 71 | |
| 318308503 | Ming | Maritime trade c. 1405 - Zheng He goes on 7 expeditions | 72 | |
| 318308504 | Ming | Travel to India and Africa, then scholar gentry closes doors of China | 73 | |
| 318308505 | Ming | At time, China had most advanced navy | 74 | |
| 318308506 | Ming | Great Wall is finished | 75 | |
| 318308507 | Ming | Foreigners allowed in Canton and Macao | 76 | |
| 318308508 | Ming | Cut off from Renaissance and Scientific Revolution! | 77 | |
| 318308509 | Qing | 2nd Dynasty to be ruled by a foreign power | 78 | |
| 318308510 | Qing | Ruled by Manchus | 79 | |
| 318308511 | Qing | 1800 - population is 300 million - due to food from Columbian exchange | 80 | |
| 318308512 | Qing | Most important emperor ever - Kang Xi | 81 | |
| 318308513 | Qing | Emperor Qianlong rebuffs British ambassador McCartney | 82 | |
| 318308514 | Qing | British introduce opium - Opium Wars - British win and get Hong Kong | 83 |
