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96488170 | 220 CE | end of han dynasty | 0 | |
96488171 | 220-589 | era of division; political division in China; time of greatest Buddhist influence | 1 | |
96488172 | 589-618 | Sui dynasty; building of the Grand Canal | 2 | |
96488173 | 618- 626 | Gaozu emperor | 3 | |
96488174 | 618-907 | Tang dynasty | 4 | |
96488175 | 627-649 | Tang Taizong emperor | 5 | |
96488176 | 688 | Korean conquest; vassal state of Silla | 6 | |
96488177 | 690-705 | Empress Wu; Buddhist influence in China peaks | 7 | |
96488178 | 712-756 | Xuanzong emperor | 8 | |
96488179 | 840's | Period of Buddhist persecution | 9 | |
96488180 | 960-1279 | Song dynasty; Neo-Confucian revival | 10 | |
96488181 | c. 1050 | Invention of block printing with moveable type | 11 | |
96488182 | 1067-1085 | Shenzong emperor; reforms of Wong Anshi | 12 | |
96488183 | c. 1100 | Invention of gunpowder | 13 | |
96488184 | 1115 | Juchen (Qin) kingdom in North China | 14 | |
96488185 | 1119 | First reference to the use of the compass for sea navigation | 15 | |
96488186 | 1127-1279 | Southern Song dynasty | 16 | |
96488187 | 1279-1368 | Mongol (Yuan) dynasty rules all China | 17 | |
96488188 | Wendi | a member of a prominent north Chinese noble family that had long been active in fighting for the control of China, struck a marriage alliance between his daughter and the ruler of the Northern Zhou empire | 18 | |
96488189 | Yangdi | Wendi's son who murdered his father to reach the throne | 19 | |
96488190 | Loyang | a new capital city that Yangdi forced peasants to build palaces and a series of great canals to to link various parts of his empire. | 20 | |
96488191 | Li Yuan | Duke of Tang. One of Yangdi's officials. | 21 | |
96488192 | Heavenly Khan | Tang rulers | 22 | |
96488193 | Silla | Independent Korean kingdom in southeastern part of peninsula; defeated Koguryo along with their Chinese Tang allies; submitted as a vassal of the Tang emperor and agreed to tribute payment; ruled united Korea by 668. | 23 | |
96488194 | Changan | Capital of Tang dynasty; population of 2 million, larger than any other city in the world at that time. | 24 | |
96488195 | Ministry of Rites | Administered examinations to students from Chinese government schools or those recommended by distinguished scholars | 25 |