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Decreased power during Spring and Autumn periods

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Zhou

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Height of Chinese bronzeware during this

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Zhou

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Beginning of Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism

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Saw the evolution of written script from oracle to seal to clerical script

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Zhou

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Starts at the Battle of Muye, led by Jiang Ziya

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Zhou

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Founded by King Wu

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Zhou

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Partition of Jin ended this dynasty

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Zhou

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Preceded by Warring states

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Zhou

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I Ching and Art of War written during this period

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Zhou

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Feudalist fengjian social structure developed during this time based on the four occupations

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Zhou

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Capital moved from Xi’an to Loyang after Barbarian raid

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Zhou

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Mandate of Heaven developed during this

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Zhou

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Army split into the “Six Armies of the west” and “Eight Armies of Chengzhou”

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Zhou

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Created Great Wall of China

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Qin

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Standardized currency, weights, measures, and writing system

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Qin

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Li Si alleged of burning books and burying scholars

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Qin

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Built Wei River Canal

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Qin

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Shen Nong, “Divine Father” who taught that households should grow their own food during this dynasty

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Qin

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Slavery started in China during this

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Qin

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Creation of small seal script

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Qin

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Religions focus on figures call shen (spirits, gods), yin (shadows), and their realm and using mediumship in rituals

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Qin

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Peasants grouped into “five-family” units and punished together

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Qin

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23
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One emperor’s dead body traveled with carts of fish to mask its smell

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Qin

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Xiang Yu and Liu Bang competed for power after this dynasty’s fall

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Qin

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25
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Lute Player Gao Jianli attempted to assassinate an emperor

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Qin

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Shang Yang implemented military reforms

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Qin

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27
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Target of Daze Village Uprising

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Qin

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28
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One general Meng Tian sent to pacify Ordos

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Qin

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29
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Zhao Gao was chief eunuch

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Qin

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30
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Nationalized salt and iron industries, but later repealed

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Han

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Tide against Xiongnu Confederation turned with Emperor Wu

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Han

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32
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Hexi Corridor and Tarim Basin come under control, but overrun by Xianbei

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Han

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33
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Conquered Gojoseon Korea and established the Four Commanderies

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Han

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34
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Hurt by Taoist Zhang Jue-led Yellow Turban Rebellion

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Han

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35
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Put down Five Pecks of Rice Rebellion

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Han

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36
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Started with Liu Bang’s victory over Xiang Yu of Chu at Battle of Gaixia

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Han

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37
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First capital Chang’an

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Han

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38
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Emperor Jin faced Rebellion of the Seven States

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Han

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39
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First emperor Emperor Gaozu

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Han

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40
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Diplomat Zhang Qian’s travels initiated Silk Road

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Han

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41
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Allied with Kushans during conquest of Kashgar

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Han

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42
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Wang Mang attempted to form the Xin Dynasty, but was stopped by the Red Eyebrows

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Han

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43
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Ma Yuan crushed the Tru’ng Sisters of Vietnam

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Han

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44
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Cao Cao lost Battle of Red Cliffs

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Han

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45
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Records of the Grand Historian written during and ended here

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Han

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46
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Emperor Wudi took this empire to its greatest extent

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Han

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47
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Buddhism reached China during this period

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Han

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48
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Two Confucian scholars were imprisoned in the Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions

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Han

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49
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First Empress Lu held great influence

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Han

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50
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Founded by Emperor Wen

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Sui

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51
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Equal-field system used to reduce economic inequality

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Sui

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52
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Three Departments and Six Ministries system of land distribution

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Sui

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53
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Created Grand Canal

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Sui

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54
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Created capital of Daxing at Chang’an

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Sui

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55
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Disastrous military campaigns against Goguryeo, one of Korea’s Three Kingdoms

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Sui

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Minister Yuwen Huaji assassinated Emperor Yang

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Sui

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57
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Perpetrated Linyi-Champa Campaign in Vietnam, during which it faced war elephants

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Sui

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58
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Expanded the Great Wall of China

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Sui

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59
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Preceded by the Sixteen Kingdoms

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Sui

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60
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Zhiyi founded Tiantai school and wrote the Lotus Sutra

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Sui

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61
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Second emperor rebuilt Luoyang

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Sui

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62
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Followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

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Tang

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63
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Empress Wu Zetian seized throne during this, proclaiming the Wu Zhou Dynasty

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Tang

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Yang Guifei, a concubine, was executed during a rebellion against this dynasty

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Tang

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65
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Faced rebellion by Turkish Sodigan named An Lushan

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Tang

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66
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Rise of military governors called jiedushi undermined civil service exams

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Tang

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67
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Poets Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei

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Tang

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68
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One leader Li Shimin beat Dou Jiande at Luoyang at Battle of Hulao

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Tang

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Successful campaign against Gokturks after Li Jing captured Illig Qaghan

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Tang

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70
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Strong Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong led military campaigns

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Tang

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71
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‘The Gatherings of Kings’ depicts relations with surrounding areas

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Tang

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72
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Prince Li Shimin ordered his brothers’ deaths in the Xuanwu Gate Incident

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Tang

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73
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Started Jimi self-rule system for administrative regions, ending equal-field system

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Tang

74
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Continued Three Departments and Six Ministries from previous dynasty

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Tang

75
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Hou Junji conquered Tarim Basin

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Tang

76
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Empress Wei and Princess Taiping were powerful women who dominated husbands’ rule

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Tang

77
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Faced Huang Chao Rebellion, who committed the Guangzhou massacre

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Tang

78
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Lost to Abbasids at Battle of Talas

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Tang

79
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Continued predecessor’s war against Goguryeo due to rivalry with General Yeon Gaesomun

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Tang

80
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Emperor Xuanzong led it to its greatest extent

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Tang

81
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Li Yuan was founder

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Tang

82
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Founded by Emperor Taizu

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Song

83
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Transition between two key periods due to war with Jurchen-led Jin dynasty

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Song

84
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Northern and Southern variations

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Song

85
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First capital at Bianjing or Kaifeng

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Song

86
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Second capital at Lin’an or Hangzhou

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Song

87
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First to issue banknotes and record chemical formula of gunpowder

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Song

88
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Zhang Sixun built an astronomical clock tower

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Song

89
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Shanyuan Treaty ended conflict between this and the Liao

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Song

90
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Statesman Shen Kuo led a campaign against Tanguts

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Song

91
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Guo Kui attacked Dai Viet after a raid on Guangxi

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Song

92
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‘Along the River During the Qingming Festival’ by Zhang Zeduan

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Song

93
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Chancellor Fan Zhongyan attempted to implement Qingli Reforms

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Song

94
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Emperor Shenzong was one emperor

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Song

95
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Rivalry between Sima Yi and Wang Anshi over implementation of ‘New Policies’

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Song

96
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One ‘Conservative’ faction led by Sima Guang

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Song

97
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Cai Jing pressured Emperor Zhezong and Huizong into passing specific policies

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Song

98
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Fang La led a peasant rebellion when lacquer trees were repossessed

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Song

99
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Much of the imperial family captured in the Jingkang Incident

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Song

100
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Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were key military leaders

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Song

101
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First Chinese naval battles at the Battle of Tangdao and Battle of Caishi

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Song

102
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Emperor Zhao Bing and Prime Minister Lu Xiufu committed suicide at dynasty’s fall

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Song

103
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Fell at Battle of Yamen and Battle of Xiangyang

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Song

104
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Philosophers Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi revived Confucianism

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Song

105
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System of local government called Baojia

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Song

106
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Paper money called chao

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Yuan

107
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Established by Kublai Khan, leader of the Borjigin

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Yuan

108
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Rule started with Battle of Yamen, led by Zhang Hongfan

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Yuan

109
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Named proclaimed in Proclamation of the Dynastic Name

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Yuan

110
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Faced the Red Turban Rebellion, led by Zhu Yuanzhang

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Yuan

111
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Divided subjects into social classes based on loyalty

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Yuan

112
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Adopted law code called Yassa

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Yuan

113
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Introduced paper money and Arabic numerals

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Yuan

114
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Original capital Kaiping, later renamed Shangdu

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Yuan

115
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Installed Wonjong as ruler of Goryeo

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Yuan

116
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Li Tan led a rebellion against this

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Yuan

117
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Capital moved from Karakorum to Khanbaliq or Dadu (modern Beijing)

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Yuan

118
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Besieged Xiangyang on the way to capture Yangzi River basin

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Yuan

119
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Army of defected troops called the Newly Submitted Army

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Yuan

120
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Defeated by Tran Dynasty at the Battle of Bach Dang

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Yuan

121
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Won a civil war called War of the Two Capitals

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Yuan

122
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Confucian Academy of the Pavilion of the Star of Literature founded during this dynasty

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Yuan

123
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Development of drama and the novel occurred during this dynasty

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Yuan

124
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Guo Shoujing reformed the lunisolar calendar

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Yuan

125
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Botched campaigns against Annam, Champa, and Java but victory against Burma

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Yuan

126
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Hosted Marco Polo

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Yuan

127
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Nestorian Christianity was briefly tolerated

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Yuan

128
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Founded by peasant Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor

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Ming

129
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Faced rebellion led by Li Zicheng, who created the short-lived Shun dynasty

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Ming

130
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Second Emperor Jianwen faced the Jingnan campaign

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Ming

131
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Yongle Emperor, Zhu Di, moved capital to Yan and renamed it Beijing

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Ming

132
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Forbidden City built within Imperial City

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Ming

133
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Zhengtong Emperor (Yingzong) captured by Oirats led by Esen Taishi during Tumu Crisis

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Ming

134
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Haijin laws protected coasts from Japanese pirates, but failed

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Ming

135
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Military system called weisuo, similar to Tang’s fubing system

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Ming

136
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Chancellor Hu Weiyong executed, after which the position was abolished

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Ming

137
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Secret police called Jinyiwei

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Ming

138
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Annexed Kingdom of Dali

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Ming

139
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Nurgan Regional Military Commission led a campaign against the Wild Jurchens

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Ming

140
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Jiajing Emperor persecuted Tibetan Buddhists, favoring Taoism

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Ming

141
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Cao Qin staged a revolt against Tianshun Emperor

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Ming

142
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Wanli Emperor faced repercussions of Bozhou Rebellion and Japan-Korea Imjin Wars

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Ming

143
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Politically dominated by Wei Zhongxian and Liu Jin

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Ming

144
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Faction of the Donglin Society

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Ming

145
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Jurchen Nurhaci demanded tribute in ‘Seven Grievances’

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Ming

146
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Last Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on a tree after killing his entire family and severing the Princess Changping’s arm

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Ming

147
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Subject of two eccentric books by pseudohistorian Gavin Menzies, who claimed it discovered the Americas prior to Columbus

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Ming

148
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Fall was catalyzed by Wu Sangui opening the gates to Shanhaiguan, or Shanhai Pass

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Ming

149
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General Lan Yu led a victory at Battle of Buir Lake (Buyur Nor)

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Ming

150
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Dehua porcelain factories centered at Jingdezhen

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Ming

151
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Defeated predecessor at Battle of Lake Poyang

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Ming

152
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Deposed Alakeshvara of the Kotte Kingdom in Sri Lanka

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Ming

153
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Received a giraffe from Malindi

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Ming

154
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Left Vietnam due to resistance from Le Loi

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Ming

155
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First dynasty where emperors referred to by era names, and not temple names

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Ming

156
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Matteo Ricci established the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

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Ming

157
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Faced the rebellion of the Prince of Yan

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Ming

158
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Conceptualized by Nurhaci in his Eight Banner system, and his son Hong Taiji officially founded the dynasty

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Qing

159
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Originally Later Jin dynasty

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Qing

160
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Height of power under Qianlong Emperor

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Qing

161
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Qianlong Emperor launched Ten Great Campaigns that extended control

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Qing

162
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Faced Taiping Rebellion from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, led by Hong Xiuquan

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Qing

163
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Faced the Dungan Revolt of Hui people

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Qing

164
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Rigorous reforms in the Tongzhi Restoration led to Self-Strengthening Movement

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Qing

165
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Hundred Days’ Reform proposed fundamental change to stop decline, but it was rejected

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Qing

166
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Wuchang Uprising led to Xinhai Revolution

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Qing

167
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Last emperor Puyi abdicated

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Qing

168
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Five-year old Fulin installed as Shunzhi Emperor as part of a compromise

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Qing

169
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Wu Sangui allied with them in initial conquest, but was later put down in Revolt of the Three Feudatories

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Qing

170
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Dorgon key regent to first emperor, given posthumous title of Emperor Yi, but later revoked

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Qing

171
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Haircutting edict forced adult men to shave the front of their heads, which triggered a slaughter of 100,000 in Jiangnan

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Qing

172
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Cut off water supplies to pirate Koxinga, a loyalist of the previous dynasty whose grandson Zheng Keshuang ceded Formosa (Taiwan)

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Qing

173
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Sacred Edict concisely defined key Confucian values

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Qing

174
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One emperor personally led a series of military campaigns against Dzungars and Jinchuan, led by Galdan

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Qing

175
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Conquered Albazin with no casualties

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Qing

176
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Signed Treaty of Nerchinsk and Treaty of Kyakhta with Russia

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Qing

177
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Yongzheng Emperor established Great Council

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Qing

178
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System of Palace Memorials used to report on local affairs straight to the throne

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Qing

179
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One emperor compiled Siku Quanshu

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Qing

180
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One corrupt official Heshen was super handsome

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Qing

181
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Faced the White Lotus Rebellion

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Qing

182
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George Macartney was one foreign official in this country

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Qing

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