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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. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Yellow River valley, which along with the Yangtze basin constitutes the geographic core of the Chinese ...
28 May. The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Aigun, ceding to Russia the land north of the Amur River. June. Second Opium War: The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Tientsin, under which foreigners were granted greater freedom of movement within China and France and the United Kingdom were promised war reparations.
Ancient Chinese states (traditional Chinese: 諸侯國; simplified Chinese: 诸侯国; pinyin: Zhūhóu guó) were dynastic polities of China within and without the Zhou cultural sphere prior to Qin's wars of unification. They ranged in size from large estates, to city-states to much vaster territories with multiple population centers.
Ancient Chinese history, by period. History of ancient China. Neolithic China (c. 8500 – c. 2070 BC) – predates ancient China. Bronze Age China. Xia dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC) Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC) Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 256 BC|BCE) Western Zhou (1046–771 BC) Iron Age China.
The "Third Chinese Empire" (中華第三帝國) consisted of the Liao dynasty, the Jin dynasty, the Yuan dynasty, the Ming dynasty, and the Qing dynasty. Accordingly, the terms "Chinese Empire" and "Empire of China" need not necessarily refer to imperial dynasties that had unified China proper.
Four Great Ancient Capitals. There are traditionally four major historical capitals of China referred to as the "Four Great Ancient Capitals of China" (simplified Chinese : 中国四大古都; traditional Chinese : 中國四大古都; pinyin : Zhōngguó Sì Dà Gǔ Dū). The four are Beijing, Nanjing, Luoyang and Xi'an (Chang'an). [ 1 ]
The Chinese monarchs were the rulers of China during its 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 historicity.
Fengjian. Fēngjiàn (Chinese: 封建; lit. 'demarcation and establishment') was a governance system in Ancient China and Imperial China, whose social structure formed a decentralized system of confederation -like government. [1] The ruling class consisted of the Son of Heaven (king or emperor) and aristocracy, and the lower class consisted of ...