China Absolutely Must Know Guide: thanks to Jenna Johnson, Morgan Aguilar and Ben Olvera

http://wsu.edu/~dee/ANCCHINA/YELLOW.HTM for ancient China http://wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/CHEMPIRE.HTM for Imperial China

	Rulers/People	Political	Social	Economic	Misc
Hsia 2205 - 1766	Yu the Great	Legendary	Creation myth, Neolithic peoples;	Yellow River Valley, Agricultural Rev.
Shang 1766 - 1122 BC	Tang was 1^st ruler	City state rulers who owed allegiance to a single ruler;	pictogaphic writing system; oracle bones; fortune telling; ancestor worship	wheat, millet, rice; 9 square system, Bronze Age	Fought Northern tribes a lot
Chou 1122 - 255 BC	Mandate of Heaven; Confuscious Lao Tzu	country breaks up into small domains ruled by many city-states	Confuscious, Taoism and Legalism introduced in the The One Hundred Schools	Iron age begins
Chin 255 - 207 BC	1^st Empire under Shi Huangdi	centralized control; unified China; legalism Great Wall started	Conscription	measures were standardized; Tax collection
Han 207 BC-220 AD then Chaos	CLASSICAL AGE; Emperor Wudi	effective administration; colonized Manchuria, Korea and Vietnam,	started public schools, revival of Chinese landscape painting, Buddhism in China	strong economy; developed silk road trade, Canals,	Pax Sinica
Song 420 – 479 then chaos		Reunites China after Hun invasions and other tribal warfare	Buddhism increases influence in China	printing press encyclopedia, dictionary;
SUI AD 590 - 617	Emperor Wen Ti, Emperor Yang	reunified the northern kingdoms, centralized the government, , and conquered the south, strong gov’t, ,	Confucianism regains popularity, established army of pro soldiers	unified coinage; Grand Canal constructed; rebuilt Great Wall. reformed the taxation structure
TANG 617 – 900 then chaos	Empress Wu was a Buddhist	a large civil service, forced Tibut, Korea, Vietnam, Japan into tributary	Literature, Tang Code; land distribution program to help poor	golden age of foreign trade with other countries, reestablished the safety of the silk road	Foot binding
YUAN 1279 – 1368	Mongols, Kublai Khan		Didn’t allow Mongols to mix with Chinese, tolerant of religion, advanced Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, medical, literary, and astronomical advancements	United economy with the world but took a lot of $ from China to Mongolia	linked Europe and Asia
MING 1368 - 1644	Renaissance Of Chinese Culture, Zheng He	Emperor rules from Forbidden City, civil service examination reinstated	Great natural art	navy led trade and tribute mission to SE Asia; Europeans arrive to trade
Qing 1644 to 1912	Manchurians	Manchu rule over Han, European’s establish spheres of influence	Christianity banned	1757 trade restricted to Canton	White Lotus Rebellion; Taiping Rebellion