GoldmanHuangShan 68M
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1/4/2007 5:41 pm

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1/8/2007 5:13 pm

A Brief Chronology of Chinese History

Extracted from the CHINA DAILY

Notice that there is no govern from outside party though territorial changes with feudal fights.

Given these lenght, can any here have the time to study history or geography outside china? Therefore it is not a surprise that chinese have little or no knowledge of others'histories or geographies.....they have too much of their own to chew.

Xia Dynasty 2070-1600 B.C.
Shang Dynasty 1600-1046 B.C.
Western Zhou Dynasty 1046-771 B.C.
Eastern Zhou Dynasty 770-256 BC
Spring and Autumn Period 770-476 BC
Warring States Period 475-221 B.C.
Qin Dynasty 221-206 B.C.
Western Han Dynasty 206 B.C.-A.D. 25
Eastern Han Dynasty 25-220
Three Kingdoms Wei 220-265
Shu Han 221-263
Wu 222-280
Western Jin Dynasty 265-317
Eastern Jin Dynasty 317-420
Northern and Southern Dynasties
Song 420-479
Qi 479-502
Liang 502-557
Chen 557-589
Northern Wei 386-534
Eastern Wei 534-550
Northern Qi 550-577
Western Wei 535-556
Northern Zhou 557-581
Sui Dynasty 581-618
Tang Dynasty 618-907
Five Dynasties:
1)Later Liang 907-923
2)Later Tang 923-936
3)Later Jin 936-947
4)Later Han 947-950
5)Later Zhou 951-960
Northern Song Dynasty 960-1127
Southern Song Dynasty 1127-1279
Liao Dynasty 907-1125
Jin Dynasty 1115-1234
Yuan Dynasty 1206-1368
Ming Dynasty 1368-1644
Qing Dynasty 1616-1911
Republic of China 1912-1949
People's Republic of China Founded on October 1, 1949

pic: raging bulls in china


GoldmanHuangShan 68M

1/8/2007 5:13 pm

    Quoting swallowtsui:
    Vow or wow, so long our history, so profound our dynasties, so complicated our culture...It does good, it does bad...
therefore:::: do not major in CHINESE HISTORY.....too much to digest


GoldmanHuangShan 68M

1/6/2007 9:05 am

    Quoting  :

see my post on books


nikonIII 55M

1/5/2007 2:00 pm

Thank you, Huang.

It is very detailed indeed.

Nik


swallowtsui 51F
1431 posts
1/4/2007 11:50 pm

Vow or wow, so long our history, so profound our dynasties, so complicated our culture...It does good, it does bad...