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Brief Chinese History Flashcards

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Xia Date

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Before 1600 BC

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Xia Description

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Flood Control

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Shang Date

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1600 BC-1050 BC

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Shang Description

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Oracle bones, bronze, centralized governments, chariots

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Dynasty/Government Order

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Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic, Mao Zedong, Deng

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Zhou Date

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1046 BC-256 BC

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Zhou Description

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Mandate of Heaven, iron, decentralized

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Age of Warring States Description

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Legalism, Confucianism, Daosim

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Qin Date

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221 BC-206 BC

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Qin Description

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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

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Han Date

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206 BC-220 AD

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Han Description

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Buddhism; Confucian examination; Silk Road; paper; wood-block printing; gunpowder

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3 Kingdoms

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Intermediate period between Han and Sui

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Sui Date

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581 AD-618 AD

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Sui Description

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Grand Canal; reunify China

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Tang Date

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618 AD- 906 AD

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Tang Description

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Golden Age; foot binding; arts; eunuchs; Japan come onto the scene (borrows culture); maritime and land trade

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5 Dynasties

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Intermediate period between Tang and Song

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Song Date

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960 AD-1270 AD

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Song Description

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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

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Yuan Date

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1279 AD- 1368 AD

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Yuan Description

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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

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Ming Dates

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1368 AD-1644 AD

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Ming Description

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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

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Qing Date

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1644 AD-1911 (1912)

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Qing Description

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Manchus; made men wear cue hairstyle; Opium Wars; Taiping Rebellion (Jesus’ Asian brother); Boxer Rebellion (anti-foreign); Yellow River Changes course; Sino-Japanese War

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Republic (actual Republic) Date

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1912 AD- 1949 AD

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Republic Description

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Bad administration; supported by the Nationalists (eventually flee to Taiwan)

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Communist Revolution

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1949

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Communist Revolution Description

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People’s Republic of China established; Mao Zedong takes over; fighting with Nationalists especially during WW2

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People’s Republic of China

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1949-now

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Mao Zedong

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Ruled 1949-1979;

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Deng Xiaoping

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Ruled 1978-1992; father of modern China

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