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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.
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.
During the subsequent Shang (c. 1600–1046 BCE) and Zhou (1046–256 BCE) dynasties, rulers were referred to as Wang 王, meaning king. [4] China was fully united for the first time by Qin Shi Huang (r.
Southern and Northern Dynasties (420–580) Medieval China. Sui dynasty (580–618) Tang dynasty (623–907) Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960)
Twitchett, Denis (2008), The Cambridge History of China 1, Cambridge University Press; Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009), Historical Dictionary of Medieval China, United States of America: Scarecrow Press, Inc., ISBN 978-0810860537
Pages in category "Timelines of Chinese dynasties" ... Timeline of the Jin dynasty (266–420) and the Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439) M. Timeline of the Ming dynasty; Q.
Timeline of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms; Timeline of the Jin dynasty (266–420) and the Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439) Timeline of the Northern and Southern dynasties; Timeline of the Three Kingdoms period
Timelines of Chinese dynasties (12 P) E. ... Timeline of the Chinese Civil War; T. Timeline of the Republic of China; W. List of wars and battles involving China