Brief Chinese History Flashcards
Xia Date
Before 1600 BC
Xia Description
Flood Control
Shang Date
1600 BC-1050 BC
Shang Description
Oracle bones, bronze, centralized governments, chariots
Dynasty/Government Order
Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic, Mao Zedong, Deng
Zhou Date
1046 BC-256 BC
Zhou Description
Mandate of Heaven, iron, decentralized
Age of Warring States Description
Legalism, Confucianism, Daosim
Qin Date
221 BC-206 BC
Qin Description
First time China is united; Legalism; standardized weights, measures, and currency; father-son; iron; terra cotta army; hated Confucianism/ Daosim; built part of Great Wall
Han Date
206 BC-220 AD
Han Description
Buddhism; Confucian examination; Silk Road; paper; wood-block printing; gunpowder
3 Kingdoms
Intermediate period between Han and Sui
Sui Date
581 AD-618 AD
Sui Description
Grand Canal; reunify China
Tang Date
618 AD- 906 AD
Tang Description
Golden Age; foot binding; arts; eunuchs; Japan come onto the scene (borrows culture); maritime and land trade
5 Dynasties
Intermediate period between Tang and Song
Song Date
960 AD-1270 AD
Song Description
Jurchen (Manchus) drive them out of the North; go to the South; maritime nation; Silk Road not safe; Confucianism; beginning was part of the Golden Age
Yuan Date
1279 AD- 1368 AD
Yuan Description
Mongols; Marco Polo; bad administrators; good at taking over; try to take over Japan twice, but fail; keep other cultures intact; Silk Road safe; Black Plague spreads
Ming Dates
1368 AD-1644 AD
Ming Description
Han Chinese; Zheng He’s 7 voyages (tributary purposes); voyages cancelled by invasions from the North; because of that built the main Great Wall; eunuchs very influential
Qing Date
1644 AD-1911 (1912)
Qing Description
Manchus; made men wear cue hairstyle; Opium Wars; Taiping Rebellion (Jesus’ Asian brother); Boxer Rebellion (anti-foreign); Yellow River Changes course; Sino-Japanese War
Republic (actual Republic) Date
1912 AD- 1949 AD
Republic Description
Bad administration; supported by the Nationalists (eventually flee to Taiwan)
Communist Revolution
1949
Communist Revolution Description
People’s Republic of China established; Mao Zedong takes over; fighting with Nationalists especially during WW2
People’s Republic of China
1949-now
Mao Zedong
Ruled 1949-1979;
Deng Xiaoping
Ruled 1978-1992; father of modern China
