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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 list of the Chinese era names used by the various dynasties and regimes in the history of China, sorted by monarch. The English renditions of the era names in this list are based on the Hanyu Pinyin system. However, some academic works utilize the Wade–Giles romanization.
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.
Wu Zetian, an empress consort who became an imperial ruler during the Tang dynasty and during the emperor Gaozong. After the death of her husband, she became the sole ruler of China for more than two decades. 626–636: Empress Zhangsun, empress consort of Emperor Taizong; 650–655: Empress Wang, first empress consort of Emperor Gaozong
Peak of the Jin dynasty; the Jin dynasty was the most powerful and prosperous state in East Asia during the time. Yuan dynasty; Prosperous Age of Zhiyuan [35] 至元盛世: Emperor Shizu of Yuan: 1271–1294 CE Unification of China under the Yuan dynasty, and political and economic reforms. Prosperous Age of Dade [36] 大德盛世: Emperor ...
Military history by Imperial Chinese dynasty (8 C) People by Imperial Chinese dynasty (21 C) F. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (28 C, 30 P) K. House of Koxinga (8 P) Q.
It was also the capital city of two major dynasties in Southern and Northern dynasties period: Eastern Wei dynasty (534–550), and the Northern Qi dynasty (550–577). Yinchuan was the capital of the Western Xia from 1038 to 1227, when it was called Xingqing ( simplified Chinese : 兴庆 ; traditional Chinese : 興慶 ; pinyin : Xīngqìng ).