REVIEW MATERIAL

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PREHISTORIC CHINA:

                             XIA DYNASTY

ANCIENT CHINA: Expansion of territory and population

                Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) The 1st historical records.
                Zhou Dynasty (1045-221 BC) Society changed from trival to feudal

IMPERIAL CHINA: Building of the Chinese history

               Qin Dynasty (221 BC- 206 BC) Construction of the Great Wall, The terracota army and                                                                          Unification of China
               Han Dynasty (206- 220 AD) Connection with Central Asia and Europe.

CHINA'S DARK AGES (220- 581) Lots of social fails after the Han Dynasty.

               Six Dynasties (220-589 CE)The period of disunity; fragmentation of the country and                                                                         invations from the North

MEDIEVAL CHINA (581- 1368) The most sophisticated nation.

               Sui Dynasty (581- 618) Great Wall Vol 2 and the re-unification of China
               Tang Dynasty (618- 907) Golden age of poetry and pottery.
               Five Dynasties (907-960) Creation of new reforms than benefit people.
               Song Dynasty (960- 1279) The boom of the handicraft industry (paper, printing, compass,                                                               gunpowder)
               Yuan Dynasty (1279- 1368) Mongol invasion to China by Genghis Khan.

FINAL DYNASTIES: The modern Chinese territory was stablished

             Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) Beijing was proclaimed the first capital
             Qing (1644-1912)  Lots of economic developments and a dramatic increase of population

THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1912- 1949) Civil war for many decades.

MODERN CHINA (1949 UP TO NOW)  The Communist era of stability, economical reforms and                                                                          political development