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| 8202217996 | After the fall of the Han | -3 kingdoms for 200 years -spread of religion at times of unrest -Confucian decline, rise of Buddhism -trade decline, cities declined | 0 | |
| 8202235801 | Traditional systems of control by Chinese dynasties | -centralized bureaucracy -divine authority -civil service test -Confucian based system -legalism -census, taxes, conscriptive labor | 1 | |
| 8202277294 | Sui Dynasty | -581 to 618 -Ended civil war era and regained control | 2 | |
| 8202300690 | Yang Jian (Wendi) | -set up bureaucracy -anti-Confucian -lowered taxes -used Buddhism to unite kingdom -gave land to poor, established granaries -favored elites of the bureaucracy | 3 | |
| 8202328261 | Yangdi | -son of Wendi -established legal code -restored Confucian education and the examination system to establish a professional bureaucracy -built capital at Luoyang -began to rebuild Great Wall -construction of the Grand Canal -seen as a tyrant -assassinated by close advisors | 4 | |
| 8202364924 | Collapse of the Sui | -forced labor -failed attempt to expand into Korea -increased taxes on poor -rebellion by peasants | 5 | |
| 8202384488 | Tang Dynasty | -618 to 907 -"Golden Age" -Li Yuan led after the death of Yangdi -time of stability and prosperity | 6 | |
| 8202551391 | Tang Taizong | -built a new capital at Chang'an -Ruled using Confucian principles (in government) -Sponsored Buddhism | 7 | |
| 8202594005 | Tang Bureaucracy | -based on merit/ability -reached all levels of government -examination system | 8 | |
| 8202647743 | Equal Field System | -all land owned by government, assigned to individual families to farm based on ability to supply labor -was abolished and replaced by double tax | 9 | |
| 8202687409 | Double Tax | -levied taxes twice a based on land ownership instead of head tax -increased government revenue -helped solve momentary crisis in government revenue and stabilized the empire | 10 | |
| 8202800792 | Song Dynasty | -960 to 1279 -more control for government -vastly expanded the bureaucracy | 11 | |
| 8202843634 | Zhao Kuangyin | -(Emperor Song Taizu) -restores order during revolt -centralizes authority | 12 | |
| 8202872868 | Sui Dynasty |  | 13 | |
| 8202904410 | Tang Dynasty |  | 14 | |
| 8202911986 | Song Dynasty |  | 15 |
