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Timeline of Chinese history. This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.
The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife.
For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.Beginning with the establishment of dynastic rule by Yu the Great c. 2070 BC, [1] and ending with the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor in AD 1912, Chinese historiography came to organize itself around the succession of monarchical dynasties.
Imagined portrait of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of a unified China. Depiction from the Qing dynasty. The Chinese monarchs were the rulers of China during Ancient and Imperial periods. [a] The earliest rulers in traditional Chinese historiography are of mythological origin, and followed by the Xia dynasty of highly uncertain and contested ...
This is a timeline of the Republic of China. Republic of China in 1930s. Timeline when controlled Chinese mainland (1912–1949) ... Timeline of Chinese history;
Timeline: Seven decades of Communist China 1949 - Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China in Beijing 1950 - China supports North Korea in the Korean War ... At least 100,000 Chinese ...
In this article, "China" refers to the modern territories controlled by the People's Republic of China (which controls Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) and the Republic of China (which controls Taiwan area). For more information, see Two Chinas, Political status of Taiwan, One-China policy, 1992 Consensus and One country, two systems.
Includes provincial boundaries and the boundaries of modern China for reference. This is a timeline ... Denis (1994), "The Liao", The Cambridge History of China ...