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1990:(1900–1500 BC) in Henan that was excavated in 1959. Since no writing was excavated at Erlitou or any other contemporaneous site, there is not enough evidence to prove whether the Xia dynasty ever existed. Some archaeologists claim that the Erlitou site was the capital of the Xia. In any case, the site of Erlitou had a level of political organization that would not be incompatible with the legends of Xia recorded in later texts. More importantly, the Erlitou site has the earliest evidence for an elite who conducted rituals using cast bronze vessels, which would later be adopted by the Shang and Zhou.
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2244:. The more powerful states tended to conquer and incorporate the weaker ones, so the number of states declined over time. By the 6th century BC most small states had disappeared by being annexed and just a few large and powerful principalities remained. Some southern states, such as Chu and Wu, claimed independence from the Zhou, who undertook wars against some of them (Wu and Yue). Many new cities were established in this period and society gradually became more urbanized and commercialized. Many famous individuals such as
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3855:, he elicited the help from Zhuye Chixin by giving Zhuye 300 horses, and together, they defeated Zhangxin Khan, who then committed suicide, precipitating the subsequent collapse of the Uyghur Khaganate. In the next few years, when Uyghur Khaganate remnants tried to raid Tang borders, the Shatuo participated extensively in counterattacking the Uyghur Khaganate with other tribes loyal to Tang. In 843, Zhuye Chixin, under the command of the Han Chinese officer
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6918:, the PRC initiated policies to address issues of equitable distribution of resources, but the outcome was not known as of 2014. More than 40 million farmers were displaced from their land, usually for economic development, contributing to 87,000 demonstrations and riots across China in 2005. For much of the PRC's population, living standards improved very substantially and freedom increased, but political controls remained tight and rural areas poor.
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comprehensive independent surveys of such centres have been performed as of June 2024, spot checks by journalists have found such sites converted or abandoned. In 2022, a
Washington Post reporter checked a dozen sites previously identified as reeducation centres and found "ost of them appeared to be empty or converted, with several sites labeled as coronavirus quarantine facilities, teachers' schools and vocational schools." In 2023,
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2173:) ruled over all the other gods, and it decided who would rule China. It was believed that a ruler lost the Mandate of Heaven when natural disasters occurred in great number, and when, more realistically, the sovereign had apparently lost his concern for the people. In response, the royal house would be overthrown, and a new house would rule, having been granted the Mandate of Heaven.
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Communists told different groups, such as peasants, exactly what they wanted to hear, and cloaked themselves in the cover of
Chinese Nationalism. During the civil war both the Nationalists and Communists carried out mass atrocities, with millions of non-combatants killed by both sides. These included deaths from forced conscription and massacres.
4257:. Yet the annual outflow of Song's silver to the Liao was paid back through the purchase of Chinese goods and products, which expanded the Song economy, and replenished its treasury. This dampened the incentive for the Song to further campaign against the Liao. Meanwhile, this cross-border trade and contact induced further sinicization within the
6447:"Nationalism, patriotism, progress, science, democracy, and freedom were the goals; imperialism, feudalism, warlordism, autocracy, patriarchy, and blind adherence to tradition were the enemies. Intellectuals struggled with how to be strong and modern and yet Chinese, how to preserve China as a political entity in the world of competing nations."
6882:, both former mayors of Shanghai, led post-Tiananmen PRC in the 1990s. Under Jiang and Zhu's ten years of administration, the PRC's economic performance pulled an estimated 150 million peasants out of poverty and sustained an average annual gross domestic product growth rate of 11.2%. The country formally joined the
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The Yongle
Emperor strenuously tried to extend China's influence beyond its borders by demanding other rulers send ambassadors to China to present tribute. A large navy was built, including four-masted ships displacing 1,500 tons. A standing army of 1 million troops was created. The Chinese
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Chinese historians in later periods were accustomed to the notion of one dynasty succeeding another, but the political situation in early China was much more complicated. Hence, as some scholars of China suggest, the Xia and the Shang can refer to political entities that existed concurrently, just as
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brought the empire to its zenith. To consolidate his power, he disenfranchised the majority of imperial relatives, appointing military governors to control their former lands. As a further step, he extended patronage to
Confucianism, which emphasizes stability and order in a well-structured society.
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were disbanded with many peasants receiving multiple land leases, which greatly increased incentives and agricultural production. In addition, there were many free market areas opened. The most successful free market area was
Shenzhen. It is located in Guangdong and the property tax free area still
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Urbanization increased as the population grew and as the division of labor grew more complex. Large urban centers, such as
Nanjing and Beijing, also contributed to the growth of private industry. In particular, small-scale industries grew up, often specializing in paper, silk, cotton, and porcelain
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Throughout the Yuan dynasty, there was some general sentiment among the populace against the Mongol dominance. Yet rather than the nationalist cause, it was mainly strings of natural disasters and incompetent, corrupt governance that triggered widespread peasant uprisings since the 1340s. After the
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Chinese history, the Han dynasty's long period of stability and prosperity consolidated the foundation of China as a unified state under a central imperial bureaucracy, which was to last intermittently for most of the next two millennia. During the Han dynasty, territory of China was extended to
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suggest a technologically advanced civilization culturally unlike Anyang. The evidence is inconclusive in proving how far the Shang realm extended from Anyang. The leading hypothesis is that Anyang, ruled by the same Shang in the official history, coexisted and traded with numerous other culturally
5364:. Several maritime Asian nations sent envoys with tribute for the Chinese emperor. Domestically, the Grand Canal was expanded and became a stimulus to domestic trade. Over 100,000 tons of iron per year were produced. Many books were printed using movable type. The imperial palace in Beijing's
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dynasties, were less emphasized. Neo-feudal landholdings of the Song and Mongol periods were expropriated by the Ming rulers. Land estates were confiscated by the government, fragmented, and rented out. Private slavery was forbidden. Consequently, after the death of the Yongle
Emperor, independent
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was officially elevated to orthodox status and was to shape the subsequent
Chinese civilization. Art, culture and science all advanced to unprecedented heights. With the profound and lasting impacts of this period of Chinese history, the dynasty name "Han" had been taken as the name of the Chinese
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The Zhou dynasty (1046 BC to about 256 BC) is the longest-lasting dynasty in
Chinese history, though its power declined steadily over the almost eight centuries of its existence. In the late 2nd millennium BC, the Zhou dynasty arose in the Wei River valley of modern western Shaanxi Province, where
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called for the end of the Han dynasty and the rise of his own, and he founded the short-lived Xin dynasty. Wang Mang started an extensive program of land and other economic reforms, including the outlawing of slavery and land nationalization and redistribution. These programs, however, were never
6664:, replacing the ROC. The KMT ruled Taiwan under martial law until 1987, with the stated goal of being vigilant against Communist infiltration and preparing to retake mainland China. Therefore, political dissent was not tolerated during that period, and crackdowns against dissidents were common.
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says the Communists won the Civil War because they made fewer military mistakes than Chiang, and because in his search for a powerful centralized government, Chiang antagonised too many interest groups in China. Furthermore, his party was weakened in the war against the Japanese. Meanwhile, the
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in China is considered to have begun about 10,000 years ago. Because the Neolithic is conventionally defined by the presence of agriculture, it follows that the Neolithic began at different times in the various regions of what is now China. Agriculture in China developed gradually, with initial
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Conflict in this period occurred both between and within states. Warfare between states forced the surviving states to develop better administrations to mobilize more soldiers and resources. Within states there was constant jockeying between elite families. For example, the three most powerful
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Although the PRC needed economic growth to spur its development, the government began to worry that rapid economic growth was degrading the country's natural resources and environment. Another concern was that certain sectors of society were not sufficiently benefiting from the PRC's economic
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attributes their closures beginning in late 2019 to the expense required to operate them. China has repeatedly denied this, asserting that the West has never been able to produce reliably-sourced satellite footage of any such detainment or resulting detention of minority groups. Although no
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Now, rotten with internal corruption and compounding tactical error after error under crumbling leadership, the Nationalists were slowly routed towards the South. When the Nationalist government forces were defeated by CCP forces in mainland China in 1949, the Nationalist government fled to
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were held in high regard. On the other hand, the Mongol rulers also adopted flexibly to a variety of cultures from many advanced civilizations within the vast empire. Traditional social structure and culture in China underwent immense transform during the Mongol dominance. Large groups of
6094:. All rebellions were ultimately put down, but at enormous cost and with millions dead, seriously weakening the central imperial authority. China never rebuilt a strong central army, and many local officials used their military power to effectively rule independently in their provinces.
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In 808, 30,000 Shatuo under Zhuye Jinzhong defected from the Tibetans to Tang China and the Tibetans punished them by killing Zhuye Jinzhong as they were chasing them. The Uyghurs also fought against an alliance of Shatuo and Tibetans at Beshbalik. The Shatuo Turks under Zhuye Chixin
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with its forces, along with Chiang and a large number of their supporters; the Nationalist government had taken effective control of Taiwan at the end of WWII as part of the overall Japanese surrender, when Japanese troops in Taiwan surrendered to the Republic of China troops there.
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peasant landholders predominated in Chinese agriculture. These laws might have paved the way to removing the worst of the poverty during the previous regimes. Towards later era of the Ming dynasty, with declining government control, commerce, trade and private industries revived.
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James, Steven R.; Dennell, R. W.; Gilbert, Allan S.; Lewis, Henry T.; Gowlett, J. A. J.; Lynch, Thomas F.; McGrew, W. C.; Peters, Charles R.; Pope, Geoffrey G.; Stahl, Ann B. (February 1989). "Hominid Use of Fire in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene: A Review of the Evidence ".
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is believed to be the site of a major ancient city, of a previously unknown Bronze Age culture (between 2000 and 1200 BC). The site was first discovered in 1929 and then re-discovered in 1986. Chinese archaeologists have identified the Sanxingdui culture to be part of the
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to develop national defense and industrial infrastructure in its rugged interior. Through its distribution of infrastructure, industry, and human capital around the country, the Third Front created favorable conditions for subsequent market development and private enterprise.
2628:, as they were often conscripted into forced labor for the empire's construction projects. This included a massive system of imperial highways in 220 BC, which ranged around 4,250 miles (6,840 km) altogether. Other major construction projects were assigned to the general
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The advances in civilisation during the Song dynasty came to an abrupt end following the devastating Mongol conquest of the North and subsequently other areas of the empire, during which the population sharply dwindled, with a marked contraction in economy. Despite viciously
1337:(PRC) in 1949, with the Republic retreating to Taiwan. Both governments still claim sole legitimacy of the entire mainland area. The PRC has slowly accumulated the majority of diplomatic recognition, and Taiwan's status remains disputed to this day. From 1966 to 1976, the
2586:. In legal matters this philosophy emphasised mutual responsibility in disputes and severe punishments for crime, while economic practices included the general encouragement of agriculture and repression of trade. Reforms occurred in weights and measures, writing styles (
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made effective institutional reforms, imported Western factories and communications technology, with prime emphasis on strengthening the military. However, the reform was undermined by official rivalries, cynicism, and quarrels within the imperial family. The defeat of
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between the Nationalists and the Communists continued, openly or clandestinely, through the 14-year-long Japanese occupation of various parts of the country (1931–1945). The two Chinese parties nominally formed a United Front to oppose the Japanese in 1937, during the
5344:(petitions and recommendations to the throne), imperial edicts in reply, reports of various kinds, and tax records. It was this same bureaucracy that later prevented the Ming government from being able to adapt to changes in society, and eventually led to its decline.
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Although written records found at Anyang confirm the existence of the Shang dynasty, Western scholars are often hesitant to associate settlements that are contemporaneous with the Anyang settlement with the Shang dynasty. For example, archaeological findings at
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of that year, during which students and others campaigned for several months, speaking out against corruption and in favour of greater political reform, including democratic rights and freedom of speech. However, they were eventually put down on 4 June when
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domestication of a few grains and animals gradually expanding with the addition of many others over subsequent millennia. The earliest evidence of cultivated rice, found by the Yangtze River, was carbon-dated to 8,000 years ago. Early evidence for
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Following the defeat of Japan in 1945, the war between the Nationalist government forces and the CCP resumed, after failed attempts at reconciliation and a negotiated settlement. By 1949, the CCP had established control over most of the country.
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dating from the 5th millennium BC. With agriculture came increased population, the ability to store and redistribute crops, and the potential to support specialist craftsmen and administrators, which may have existed at late Neolithic sites like
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The period of political disunity between the Tang and the Song, known as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, lasted from 907 to 960. During this half-century, China was in all respects a multi-state system. Five regimes, namely, (Later)
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The Qin administration kept exhaustive records on their population, collecting information on their sex, age, social status and residence. Commoners, who made up over 90% of the population, "suffered harsh treatment" according to the historian
1802:(3000 BC to 2000 BC). Pigs and dogs were the earliest-domesticated animals in the region, and after about 3000 BC domesticated cattle and sheep arrived from Western Asia. Wheat also arrived at this time but remained a minor crop. Fruit such as
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was enforced throughout the unified empire. Buddhism took root as a prominent religion and was supported officially. Sui China was known for its numerous mega-construction projects. Intended for grains shipment and transporting troops, the
5312:, China under the early Ming dynasty was not isolated. Foreign trade and other contacts with the outside world, particularly Japan, increased considerably. Chinese merchants explored all of the Indian Ocean, reaching East Africa with the
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people. This major decline is not necessarily due only to Mongol killings. Scholars such as Frederick W. Mote argue that the wide drop in numbers reflects an administrative failure to record rather than an actual decrease; others such as
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After Emperor Wu the empire slipped into gradual stagnation and decline. Economically, the state treasury was strained by excessive campaigns and projects, while land acquisitions by elite families gradually drained the tax base. Various
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Liu, Wu; Martinón-Torres, María; Cai, Yan-jun; Xing, Song; Tong, Hao-wen; Pei, Shu-wen; Sier, Mark Jan; Wu, Xiao-Hong; Edwards, R. Lawrence; Cheng, Hai; Li, Yi-Yuan; Yang, Xiong-xin; De Castro, José María Bermúdez; Wu, Xiu-jie (2015).
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reached its current splendor. It was also during these centuries that the potential of south China came to be fully exploited. New crops were widely cultivated and industries such as those producing porcelain and textiles flourished.
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After Qin Shi Huang's death the Qin government drastically deteriorated and eventually capitulated in 207 BC after the Qin capital was captured and sacked by rebels, which would ultimately lead to the establishment of the Han Empire.
1937:
2162:. They took over most of the central and lower Yellow River valley and enfeoffed their relatives and allies in semi-independent states across the region. Several of these states eventually became more powerful than the Zhou kings.
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elected in 1947. These groups were originally created to represent mainland China constituencies. Also lifted were the restrictions on the use of Taiwanese languages in the broadcast media and in schools. In 1996, the ROC held
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was the main factor behind the demographic decline during this period. In the 14th century China suffered additional depredations from epidemics of plague, estimated to have killed around a quarter of the population of China.
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being built. Most of what remains of the Great Wall of China today was either built or repaired by the Ming. The brick and granite work was enlarged, the watchtowers were redesigned, and cannons were placed along its length.
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dating to 6000–5000 BC have been discovered, "featuring 8,453 individual characters such as the sun, moon, stars, gods and scenes of hunting or grazing", according to researcher Li Xiangshi. Written symbols, sometimes called
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and the living standards of common people improved tremendously due to improvements in rice cultivation and the wide availability of coal for production. The capital cities of Kaifeng and subsequently Hangzhou were both the
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In the early 5th century China entered a period known as the Northern and Southern dynasties, in which parallel regimes ruled the northern and southern halves of the country. In the south, the Eastern Jin gave way to the
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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
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City views of Song dynasty from paintings. Clockwise from upper left: A Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127) era Chinese painting of a water-powered mill for grain, with surrounding river transport. The bridge scene from
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following World War I. It quickly became a nationwide protest movement. The protests were a moral success as the cabinet fell and China refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which had awarded German holdings of
3327:. These regimes were dominated by Xianbei or Han Chinese who had married into Xianbei families. During this period most Xianbei people adopted Han surnames, eventually leading to complete assimilation into the Han.
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Hu, Yue; Marwick, Ben; Zhang, Jia-Fu; Rui, Xue; Hou, Ya-Mei; Yue, Jian-Ping; Chen, Wen-Rong; Huang, Wei-Wen; Li, Bo (19 November 2018). "Late Middle Pleistocene Levallois stone-tool technology in southwest China".
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were edited into their received forms. Wealthy landholding families independent of the ancient aristocracy began to wield significant power. Han technology can be considered on par with that of the contemporaneous
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of imperial libraries, totaling nearly a billion words. Imperial China reached its greatest territorial extent of during the Qing, but China came into increasing conflict with European powers, culminating in the
1200:(608–907), regarded as another Chinese golden age. The Tang dynasty saw flourishing developments in science, technology, poetry, economics, and geographical influence. China's only officially recognized empress,
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The dynasty had a strong and complex central government that unified and controlled the empire. The emperor's role became more autocratic, although Hongwu Emperor necessarily continued to use what he called the
4022:. With wars dominating in Northern China, there were mass southward migrations of population, which further enhanced the southward shift of cultural and economic centers in China. The era ended with the coup of
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in 1864. This was one of the largest wars in the 19th century in troop involvement; there was massive loss of life, with a death toll of about 20 million. A string of civil disturbances followed, including the
5943:. Bannermen could not undertake trade or manual labor; they had to petition to be removed from banner status. They were considered aristocracy and were given annual pensions, land, and allotments of cloth. The
1189:, art, historiography, and storytelling flourished. Wealthy families in some cases became more powerful than the central government. The Yangtze River valley was incorporated into the dominant cultural sphere.
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development; one example of this was the wide gap between urban and rural areas in terms of development and prevalence of updated infrastructure. As a result, under former CCP general secretary and President
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opposed foreign influence and murdered Chinese Christians and foreign missionaries. When Boxers entered Beijing, the Qing government ordered all foreigners to leave, but they and many Chinese Christians were
3663:" all land was owned by the Emperor and granted to each family according to household size. Men granted land were conscripted for military service for a fixed period each year, a military policy known as the
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in the world for their time, and encouraged vibrant civil societies unmatched by previous Chinese dynasties. Although land trading routes to the far west were blocked by nomadic empires, there was extensive
3786:. Externally, former submissive states raided the empire and the vast border territories were lost for centuries. Nevertheless, civil society recovered and thrived amidst the weakened imperial bureaucracy.
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the early Zhou existed at the same time as the Shang. This bears similarities to how China, both contemporaneously and later, has been divided into states that were not one region, legally or culturally.
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proclaimed their independence. This period was characterized by a gradual decentralization of the state that had existed during the Qin and Han dynasties, and an increase in the power of great families.
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that connected China to the west, stimulating bilateral trade and cultural exchange. To the south, various small kingdoms far beyond the Yangtze River Valley were formally incorporated into the empire.
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supported by the landholding families, because they favored the peasants. The instability of power brought about chaos, uprisings, and loss of territories. This was compounded by mass flooding of the
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goods. For the most part, however, relatively small urban centers with markets proliferated around the country. Town markets mainly traded food, with some necessary manufactures such as pins or oil.
6761:, a radical campaign that encompassed numerous attempted economic and social reforms, resulted in tens of millions of deaths. Mao's government carried out mass executions of landowners, instituted
3149:, became emperor and continued the dynasty, now known as the Eastern Jin, which held southern China for another century. Prior to this move, historians refer to the Jin dynasty as the Western Jin.
2230:, beginning the second major phase of the Zhou dynasty: the Eastern Zhou period, which is divided into the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. The former period is named after the famous
6353:. Yuan's imperial ambitions were fiercely opposed by his subordinates; faced with the rapidly growing prospect of violent rebellion, he abdicated in March 1916 and died of natural causes in June.
3782:, gained increasingly autonomous status as the central government lost its ability to control them. With loss of revenue from land tax, the central imperial government came to rely heavily on its
2072:). The findings at Anyang include the earliest written record of the Chinese so far discovered: inscriptions of divination records in ancient Chinese writing on the bones or shells of animals—the
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by the United Nations, the United States and most Western nations, refusing to recognise the PRC on account of its status as a communist nation during the Cold War. This changed in 1971 when the
1177:: mass production of paper aided the proliferation of written documents, and the written language of this period was employed for millennia afterwards. China became known internationally for its
2236:. The sharply reduced political authority of the royal house left a power vacuum at the center of the Zhou culture sphere. The Zhou kings had delegated local political authority to hundreds of
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Mo, Duowen; Zhao, Zhijun; Xu, Junjie; Li, Minglin (2010). "Holocene Environmental Changes and the Evolution of the Neolithic Cultures in China". In Martini, I. Peter; Chesworth, Ward (eds.).
2381:. This system had been in use elsewhere since the Spring and Autumn period, and its influence on administration would prove resilient—its terminology can still be seen in the contemporaneous
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and intellectuals, traditional bearers of elite Chinese culture, lost substantial social status. This stimulated the development of culture of the common folks. There were prolific works in
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2851:. Migration and military expeditions led to the cultural assimilation of the south. It also brought the Han into contact with kingdoms in Southeast Asia, introducing diplomacy and trade.
3648:" to separately draft, review, and implement policies. These departments were run by royal family members and landed aristocrats, but as the dynasty wore on, were joined or replaced by
3637:, scholar, traveller, and translator travelled to India on his own and returned with "over six hundred Mahayana and Hinayana texts, seven statues of the Buddha and more than a hundred
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of Japanese, Russian, British, Italian, German, French, American, and Austrian troops to relieve the siege, but they were routed and forced to retreat by Boxer and Qing troops at the
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1204:, reigned during the dynasty's first century. Buddhism was adopted by Tang emperors. "Tang people" is the other common demonym for the Han ethnic group. After the Tang fractured, the
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Yuan's death in 1916 left a power vacuum; the republican government (that had been nearly brought to its knees by his policies) was all but shattered. This opened the way for the
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was reconstructed to connect the remote capital city to lively economic hubs in southern part of China, setting the precedence and foundation for Beijing to largely remain as the
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from its place in the Han River valley. Qin imitated the administrative reforms of the other states, thereby becoming a powerhouse. Its final expansion began during the reign of
1164:(202 BC – 220 AD), marking a critical period. A term for the Chinese language is still "Han language", and the dominant Chinese ethnic group is known as
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exists today. This turn of events marked China's transition from a planned economy to a mixed economy with an increasingly open market environment, a system termed by some as
4261:, at the expense of its military might which was derived from its nomadic lifestyle. Similar treaties and social-economical consequences occurred in Song's relations with the
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influence can also be seen in the shape of this cup. The metropolitan and multicultural influences of this era can also be seen in the myriad depictions of foreigners in Tang
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among a huge portion of the Chinese populace, causing many to disappear from the census altogether; other historians including William McNeill and David Morgan consider that
2108:. The term Yin dynasty has been synonymous with the Shang dynasty in history, although it has lately been used to refer specifically to the latter half of the Shang dynasty.
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and the admixture variant of the OOA hypothesis. Regardless, the earliest modern humans have been dated to China at 120,000–80,000 BP based on fossilized teeth discovered in
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in the north. More stable and smaller regimes of mostly ethnic Han rulers coexisted in south and western China over the period, cumulatively constituted the "Ten Kingdoms".
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4764:. In the preceding decades, the Mongols had conquered the Jin dynasty in Northern China, and the Southern Song dynasty fell in 1279 after a protracted and bloody war. The
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peoples (210s BC), reportedly with 300,000 troops. Under Qin Shi Huang's orders, Meng supervised the combining of numerous ancient walls into what came to be known as the
1017:: imperial dynasties rise and fall, and are ascribed certain achievements. Throughout pervades the narrative that Chinese civilization can be traced as an unbroken thread
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4308:. In the ensuing years, the territory and population of China were divided between the Song dynasty, the Jin dynasty and the Western Xia dynasty. The era ended with the
2488:) in 221 BC effectively formalised the region as a true empire for the first time in Chinese history, rather than a state, and its pivotal status probably led to "Qin" (
1100:. China is believed to be one of a very few loci of independent invention of writing, and the earliest surviving records display an already-mature written language. The
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monarchy, a governing scheme which dominated the future of Imperial China. In an effort to improve the Zhou's perceived failures, this system consisted of more than 36
7199:, but after the Qin's fall it became standard practice to include the dynasty's name when referring to him. In its fullest form, Ying's name would be Qin Shi Huangdi (
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system. These policies stimulated a rapid growth in productivity and a significant army without much burden on the state treasury. By the dynasty's midpoint, however,
3014:. In the ensuing turmoil, three states emerged, trying to gain predominance and reunify the land, giving this historical period its name. The classic historical novel
6050:(produced by British Empire territories) was allowed. Opium usage continued to grow in China, adversely affecting societal stability. Subsequent military defeats and
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At sea the Ming became increasingly isolationist after the death of the Yongle Emperor. The treasure voyages which sailed the Indian Ocean were discontinued, and the
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lives, but the Qing appeared to have restored China's imperial power and inaugurate another flowering of the arts. The early Manchu emperors combined traditions of
5080:, but the period of Yuan dominance was effectively over for good. Other Mongol Khanates in Central Asia continued to exist after the fall of Yuan dynasty in China.
3296:(modern Nanjing) as the capital. They held off attacks from the north and preserved many aspects of Chinese civilization, while northern barbarian regimes began to
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who was also of peasant origin, had laid the foundation of a state that relied fundamentally in agriculture. Commerce and trade, which flourished in the previous
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with Tuyuhun, Tangut and Han Chinese troops, participated in a raid against the Uyghur khaganate that led to the slaughter of Uyghur forces at Shahu mountain.
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kept the Silk Road open, connecting Chang'an to Central Asia and areas far to the west. In the south, lucrative maritime trade routes from port cities such as
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since late Han times. During this period, warfare ravaged the north and prompted large-scale Han Chinese migration south to the Yangtze River Basin and Delta.
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The Song dynasty was considered to be the golden age of great advancements in science and technology of China, thanks to innovative scholar-officials such as
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of land distributions. These policies, which were adopted by later dynasties, brought enormous population growth, and amassed excessive wealth to the state.
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and oversaw the building of a 500 miles (800 km) straight highway between northern and southern China. The emperor also oversaw the construction of his
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were founded, partly in response to the changing political world. The first two philosophical thoughts would have an enormous influence on Chinese culture.
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camp system. Execution, deaths from forced labor and other atrocities resulted in millions of deaths under Mao. In 1966 Mao and his allies launched the
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settled in China, who enjoyed elevated social status over the majority Han Chinese, while enriching Chinese culture with foreign elements. The class of
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Cheung, Kwong-yue (1983). "Recent archaeological evidence relating to the origin of Chinese characters". In Keightley, David N.; Barnard, Noel (eds.).
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Zhu, R.X.; Potts, R.; Pan, Y.X.; Yao, H.T; Lü, L.Q.; Zhao, X.; Gao, X.; Chen, L.W.; Gao, F.; Deng, C.L. (December 2008). "Early evidence of the genus
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In the 1920s Sun Yat-sen established a revolutionary base in Guangzhou and set out to unite the fragmented nation. He welcomed assistance from the
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was also expanded, while series of military conquests and diplomatic maneuvers further pacified its borders. However, the massive invasions of the
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in 589 to reunify China, ending three centuries of political division. The Sui pioneered many new institutions, including the government system of
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for more than three decades, the Southern Song capital Hangzhou fell in 1276, followed by the final annihilation of the Song standing navy at the
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against the cavalry forces from the north, the first standing navy in China was assembled in 1132, with its admiral's headquarters established at
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with inscription dated the 3rd year of the Zhiyuan era (1332). Yuan Dynasty (1206–1368). Discovered at the Yunju Temple, Fangshan, Beijing, 1935.
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were established to support its study. At the urging of his Legalist advisors, however, he also strengthened the fiscal structure of the dynasty
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In late Tang period the empire was worn out by recurring revolts of the regional military governors, while scholar-officials engaged in fierce
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were established to connect the vast empire. Lucrative maritime trade, developed from the previous Song dynasty, continued to flourish, with
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had replaced conscription, and land was continuously falling into the hands of private owners and religious institutions granted exemptions.
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of China from 1978 to 1992, although he never became the head of the party or state, and his influence within the Party led the country to
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in Chinese history. For preserving racial superiority as the conqueror and ruling class, traditional nomadic customs and heritage from the
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Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek announced the Kuomintang policy of resistance against Japan at Lushan on 10 July 1937, three days after the
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and controlled roughly a third of China proper for over a decade. The court in desperation empowered Han Chinese officials such as
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across China's most desolate terrain to the northwest, a feat transformed into legend, where they established a guerrilla base at
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in 1368. The same year his northern expedition army captured the capital Khanbaliq. The Yuan remnants fled back to Mongolia and
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were arrested and blamed for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution, marking the end of a turbulent political era in China.
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and northern Indian Ocean. The concept of insurance was practised by merchants to hedge the risks of such long-haul maritime
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region and which Western news reports often label as "concentration camps". The camps were established in late 2010s under
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the China seas and the Indian Ocean, cruising as far as the east coast of Africa. The Chinese gained influence in eastern
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began blossoming during this period and the subsequent Warring States period. Such influential intellectual movements as
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to legitimize their rule, a concept that was influential for almost every succeeding dynasty. Like Shangdi, Heaven (
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to guard the last stronghold against the Manchus, which weakened its suppression of internal
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in 960, which eventually annihilated the remains of the "Ten Kingdoms" and reunified China.
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to Japan. Memory of the mistreatment at Versailles fuels resentment into the 21st century.
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with the splendors of the far East. The Yuan dynasty was the first ancient economy, where
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Atlas of the Chinese Empire, containing separate maps of the eighteen provinces of China
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Wei Jin Nan Bei chao shi = A history of the Wei Jin, and Southern and Northern dynasties
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and intellectual introspection characteristic of the increasingly popular new school of
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connected with distant countries, and foreign merchants settled in China, encouraging a
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overthrew the Wei and later unified the country in 280, but this union was short-lived.
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in place of the Republic of China, with permanent membership of the Security Council.
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north of 16 degrees north latitude shall surrender to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek."
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8137:. Stanford Studies in the Civilizations of Eastern Asia. Stanford University Press.
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The Qing dynasty (1644–1912) was the last imperial dynasty in China. Founded by the
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reinstated the Han dynasty with the support of landholding and merchant families at
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site is one of the best preserved early agricultural villages (7000 to 5800 BC). At
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became dominant in the waning decades of the Warring States period, conquering the
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The Cambridge History of China, Volume 1: The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC–AD 220
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The Cambridge History of China, Volume 1: The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC–AD 220
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The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC
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Isorena, Efren B. (2004). "The Visayan Raiders of the China Coast, 1174–1190 Ad".
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in Shaanxi. During the Long March, the communists reorganised under a new leader,
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The Manchus enforced a 'queue order', forcing Han Chinese men to adopt the Manchu
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followed swiftly. In 1127, Kaifeng was sacked, a massive catastrophe known as the
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was introduced, and many of the earliest surviving witnesses of certain texts are
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fossils have been found widely throughout the region, including the northwestern
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and maintaining control only over a few islands. The CCP was left in control of
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The short-lived Sui dynasty was a pivotal period in Chinese history. Founded by
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site (between 3100 and 2700 BC). The Bronze Age is also represented at the
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at 1.32 Ma, Feiliang at 1.2 Ma and Donggutuo at 1.1 Ma. Evidence of fire use by
1208:(960–1279) saw the maximal extent of imperial Chinese cosmopolitan development.
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were repeatedly rebuked in their requests for trade, with the Portuguese being
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to raise local armies. After initial defeats, Zeng crushed the rebels in the
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with other western powers continued even after the fall of the Qing dynasty.
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6487:(1926–1927). Having defeated the warlords in the south and central China by
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by the Qin, were free from Chinese rule during the majority of the dynasty.
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also ravaged the southern coasts. The Portuguese were allowed to settle in
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troops and vehicles entered and forcibly cleared the square, resulting in
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visited it, sometimes listing it as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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reunified the north in 208, and in 220 his son accepted the abdication of
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were long debated but have been more reliably established based on modern
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system that provided the basic framework for the Qing military conquest.
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was introduced, and foundations laid for philosophies such as
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began to have a significant impact on Chinese culture, while
10267:"The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China"
10055:"New evidence for early presence of hominids in North China"
9699:"China's Average Economic Growth in 90s Ranked 1st in World"
9510:"Mao's Great Leap Forward 'killed 45 million in four years'"
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The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1941–1947
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In his lifetime, Ying Zheng would have been known as simply
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Yuan dynasty banknote with its printing wood plate, 1287 AD.
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The dynasty continued to flourish under the rule of Empress
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is to date the world's oldest complete preserved star atlas.
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of the successive regimes of the unified Chinese mainland.
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era. However, the Jin dynasty was severely weakened by the
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barbarians. The rebel aristocrats established a new ruler,
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diverse settlements in the area that is now referred to as
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of 1622–1624 and were forced to settle in Taiwan instead.
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dancing with a cup of wine in its mouth, as the horses of
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Rulers of the world at the beginning of the 20th century
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against northern nomadic empires. To the south, Vietnam
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Wu, Rukang; Lin, Shenglong (June 1983). "Peking Man".
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China: Five Thousand Years of History and Civilization
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Ideology of Power and Power of Ideology in Early China
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The flag of the People's Republic of China since 1949.
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as of 2024 as the legitimate government of "China".
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rulers. These non-Han peoples were ancestors of the
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in ancient China, notably the historic invention of
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4928:, ruler of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368).
3994:Amidst political chaos in the north, the strategic
2575:, a state ideology promoted by the emperor and his
9848:Ramzy, Austin; Buckley, Chris (16 November 2019).
9761:"In Face of Rural Unrest, China Rolls Out Reforms"
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2406:on the Chengdu Plain; and then eventually driving
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5122:Haihui Temple Pagodas, built in the Ming period.
3741:, who oversaw an empire that stretched from the
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1855:begins to appear in the late 6th century in the
9390:Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750
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6455:Flag of the Republic of China from 1912 to 1928
6327:provisional government of the Republic of China
3768:At the zenith of prosperity of the empire, the
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2482:Ying Zheng's establishment of the Qin dynasty (
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1310:roiled between the Republican government under
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9602:Hart-Landsberg, Martin; Burkett, Paul (2010).
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6854:In 1989 the death of former general secretary
6777:, led to a major upheaval in Chinese society.
6723:Proclamation of the People's Republic of China
6463:Flag of the Republic of China from 1928 to now
6189:, the Alliance formed the second, much larger
5991:'s long reign in 1796, the Qing Empire was at
4804:(also known as Dadu, modern-day Beijing). The
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5551:in 1662, after the fall of the Ming dynasty.
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3338:had become much more tolerant of each other.
2697:that followed the fall of the Qin dynasty. A
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2165:The kings of Zhou invoked the concept of the
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6411:Beijing college students rallied during the
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4006:, which drastically weakened the defense of
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3876:Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (AD 907–960)
3820:, fell successively. The reliance on ethnic
3228:Northern and Southern dynasties (AD 420–589)
3215:Northern and Southern dynasties (AD 420–589)
2962:most prolific eras of science and technology
2154:. A coalition led by the ruler of the Zhou,
1263:that succeeded the Ming was ruled by ethnic
9928:"A Summer Vacation in China's Muslim Gulag"
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8938:Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society
8583:(1st ed.). Beijing: Renmin Chubanshe.
8574:He Ziquan (何兹全) Zhang Guo'an (张国安) (2013).
7594:Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations
7533:Early China Special Monograph Series No. 4.
6701:merely 12 UN member states and the Holy See
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7114:History of science and technology in China
6933:minority groups are being held in China's
5565:The Ming dynasty intervened deeply in the
4740:was formally proclaimed in 1271, when the
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2937:further expanded the conquests across the
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5892:at that time such as those caused by the
5709:A military attire of the Qianlong Emperor
5679:1836 map of China published by C. Picque.
5605:. It went on to subdue the much weakened
5505:. In addition to raids from Japan by the
4939:was of lesser extent compared to earlier
3987:, which ruled over an ethnic majority of
3889:Five Dynasties Ten Kingdoms Period 947 AD
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3588:largest city in the world during its time
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3129:and lost control of northern China after
2571:Many aspects of society were informed by
2333:king nominally remained as such until 256
1879:has tentatively been associated with the
1859:valley. A bronze hatchet with a blade of
1231:conquered all of China, establishing the
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9099:. Oxford University Press. p. 272.
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1828:Bronze artifacts have been found at the
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5852:united all Jurchen tribes and his son,
5567:Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
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4304:, which ruled territories south of the
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6678:its first direct presidential election
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4772:in Chinese history to rule the entire
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6699:, the ROC is currently recognised by
6333:on 12 March 1912. Sun Yat-sen became
6232:. A localised military uprising, the
6205:ended the war, exacting a tremendous
5746:, an imperial garden in Qing dynasty.
4381:with neighbouring states, such as in
3904:in Jiangsu Province of Eastern China.
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1883:described in early Tibetan writings.
1534:, and, dated slightly later, points,
1019:many thousands of years into the past
13524:Special non-state-to-state relations
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6662:PRC was seated in the United Nations
6603:(1937–1945), which became a part of
5904:, caused enormous loss of lives and
4819:in the late 13th century led to the
3646:Three Departments and Six Ministries
3410:Three Departments and Six Ministries
3067:History of the Jin dynasty (266–420)
2894:by an enraged peasant mob in AD 23.
2811:were launched to weaken the nomadic
2214:and his forces were defeated in the
1994:Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC)
1333:proclaimed the establishment of the
1318:, interrupted by the industrialized
14272:
13006:
12632:Major Historical and Cultural Sites
11198:
10717:2nd ed. (Harvard UP, 2006). 640 pp.
10680:For a more comprehensive list, see
9739:"China: Migrants, Students, Taiwan"
9717:"China worried over pace of growth"
9528:
9060:Ch'iu Chung-lin (邱仲麟) (June 2004).
9004:
8865:Bulletin of the History of Medicine
8721:Baumer, Christoph (18 April 2018).
8163:
8125:
7968:The Origins of Chinese Civilization
7504:"'Earliest writing' found in China"
7169:Women in ancient and imperial China
7094:Foreign relations of imperial China
6695:Due to the controversial nature of
6658:sole legitimate government of China
6197:; the Empress Dowager evacuated to
5997:one-third of the world's population
5285:. The capital was initially set at
5219:built during the early Ming dynasty
4312:, as Western Xia fell in 1227, the
4294:entire north of China was conquered
3256:, a temple with the combination of
2443:Political systems of Imperial China
1656:List of Neolithic cultures of China
1518:; near Beijing) of 700,000–400,000
1013:for viewing Chinese history is the
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11146:
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10675:
10635:
9813:Chan, Tara Francis (22 May 2019).
9508:Akbar, Arifa (17 September 2010).
8840:
8530:
8474:
8462:
8005:
7996:
7812:
7664:
7124:History of the Great Wall of China
6869:considerable numbers of fatalities
6335:President of the Republic of China
5787:House of the Huangcheng Chancellor
4752:, assumed the additional title of
4282:Jin's invasion of the Song dynasty
4163:, with its capital established in
3568:golden age of Chinese civilization
3199:. Many had, to some extent, been "
3020:dramatizes events of this period.
2295:Warring States period (476–221 BC)
2262:partitioned the state between them
2256:lived during this chaotic period.
2176:The Zhou established two capitals
1927:Xia dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC)
1899:Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
1585:The circumstances surrounding the
1378:List of Paleolithic sites in China
1259:were written during the Ming. The
25:
14671:
11927:Political Consultative Conference
11320:
10840:China Rediscovers its Own History
10819:comprehensive online encyclopedia
10777:
10756:(Harvard U. Press, 1999). 341 pp.
10722:A History of Chinese Civilization
10422:10.1038/scientificamerican0683-86
9151:
9059:
8986:. Gossenberg: Ostasien: 111–171.
8539:. Taylor & Francis: 165–184.
8503:A History of Chinese Civilization
7389:
7144:List of tributary states of China
6503:, the CCP forces embarked on the
6349:in late 1915, in the style of an
5721:A Qing period geomantic compass (
4843:autonomous. The era was known as
3586:), the national capital, was the
3420:of the army conscription and the
3404:, the Sui went on to conquer the
3131:non-Han Chinese settlers rebelled
2425:
1824:List of Bronze Age sites in China
1410:Casts of the teeth of Yuanmou Man
1152:under a single imperial state by
1068:is sometimes identified with the
14633:
14624:
14623:
14224:
14212:
14201:
14200:
13443:List of administrative divisions
12713:Four Masters of the Yuan dynasty
12708:Four Masters of the Ming dynasty
10961:
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10927:
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10882:
10870:
10858:
10537:(1999). "Shang Archaeology". In
10013:
9877:
9806:
9778:Thomas, Antony (11 April 2006).
9771:
9460:The Chinese people have stood up
9045:
8782:"Tibet in Tang's Grand Strategy"
7821:] (in Chinese). 生活读书新知三联书店.
7694:The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia
7089:Ethnic groups in Chinese history
7025:
7013:
6994:
6823:leader over the next few years.
6576:
6564:
6550:
6535:
6375:
6360:
6291:History of Taiwan (1945–present)
6273:History of the Republic of China
5978:defeated the Russians at Albazin
5814:
5800:
5778:
5753:
5736:
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4327:
4221:Aiming to recover the strategic
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3167:, most of which were founded by
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2693:, who emerged victorious in the
2648:, which includes the well known
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1570:at 1.36 Ma, Xiantai at 1.36 Ma,
1432:
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31:History of the Republic of China
14225:
12703:Four Paragons of the Early Tang
11900:Political parties and movements
11264:Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
11249:Northern and Southern dynasties
10827:Berkshire Encyclopedia of China
10682:Bibliography of Chinese history
9430:
9418:Valentino, Benjamin A. (2005).
9411:
9396:
9378:
9342:FDR and the Creation of the U.N
9330:
9275:
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8974:Schottenhammer, Angela (2019).
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8694:Yuan, Hong (14 November 2022).
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7421:"The Slow Birth of Agriculture"
7241:
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7187:
6902:became the Hong Kong and Macau
6843:, and officially by the CCP as
6819:, and gradually emerged as the
6247:
6236:, began on 10 October 1911, in
6228:and the revolutionary ideas of
6001:one of the largest empires ever
5962:Revolt of the Three Feudatories
5906:significant harm to the economy
5356:for around 20 years, while the
4466:Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute
4401:emerged in the western city of
4280:Empire (Western Liao dynasty).
4030:, and the establishment of the
3221:Northern and Southern dynasties
2689:The Han dynasty was founded by
2532:, the empire was a centralized
2053:). Findings have been found at
1482:1.7 Ma, which lived in a mixed
1302:and others, created the modern
1273:
14591:British Indian Ocean Territory
10749:(Facts on File, 1999). 662 pp.
10522:The Cambridge History of China
10381:Harvard University Asia Center
9670:A Concise History of Hong Kong
8923:Encyclopædia Britannica Online
8453:, pp. 76–79, 84, 107–108.
8013:. Cambridge University Press.
7502:Rincon, Paul (17 April 2003).
7211:
7201:
6894:, former European colonies of
6847:. The PRC adopted its current
6337:, but he turned power over to
6263:Republic of China (since 1912)
4839:), which nonetheless remained
4768:Yuan dynasty became the first
4610:on the Yangtze River in 1161.
2897:
2866:
2724:initial laissez-faire policies
2676:
2612:
2558:
2542:
2490:
2484:
1514:
1486:-forest environment alongside
1470:
920:Science and technology history
13:
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13137:
13036:Timeline of Taiwanese history
10821:of China from Ulrich Theobald
10730:China at War: An Encyclopedia
10376:Chinese History: A New Manual
9182:(9 ed.). Lonely Planet.
9093:Roberts, John Morris (1997).
8107:(1). Academica Sinica: 1–27.
7477:Legacy of Human Civilizations
7439:10.1126/science.282.5393.1446
7175:
6985:, Hubei in 2019 and led to a
6629:Declaration by United Nations
6277:Republic of China (1912–1949)
6216:, including abolition of the
6015:
5722:
5523:imported large quantities of
5442:
5418:1424 – 1500). Located at the
5415:
4821:division of the Mongol Empire
4689:Cloud Platform at Juyong Pass
4318:Southern Song dynasty in 1279
4002:) were ceded to the emerging
3510:
3374:
3153:Sixteen Kingdoms (AD 304–439)
3091:
3017:Romance of the Three Kingdoms
2831:Emperor Wu also dispatched a
2660:Han dynasty (206 BC – AD 220)
2360:base-10 multiplication table.
2310:
2102:
2077:
2066:
2035:
1980:
1953:
1817:
1798:(5000 BC to 3000 BC) and the
1781:from 5800 BC to 5400 BC, and
1479:
1460:sometime between 1.3 and 1.8
1360:
1351:fastest-growing major economy
1113:
1001:valley, which along with the
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249:
225:
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178:
119:
13801:Taiwanese indigenous peoples
13539:Taiwan independence movement
12005:Ministry of National Defense
11344:Chinese Communist Revolution
10803:Resources in other libraries
10497:10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.08.005
9096:A Short History of the World
8784:. In Hans van de Ven (ed.).
8164:Qiu, Jane (7 January 2014).
7705:Zhang, Shanruo Ning (2016).
7566:10.1007/978-90-481-9413-1_19
7258:
7045:Chinese emperors family tree
6832:significant economic reforms
5947:ordered the creation of the
5543:fought with the Ming in the
5511:, raids from Taiwan and the
5180:was a Ming dynasty addition.
3609:. Military victories in the
3400:in 581 in succession of the
3035:dynasty. Soon, Wei's rivals
2833:series of military campaigns
2273:classical Chinese philosophy
2158:, defeated the Shang at the
1649:
1366:Paleolithic (1.7 Ma – 12 ka)
1098:records of official speeches
7:
13696:Water supply and sanitation
13023:
12668:Flowers of the Four Seasons
12653:Four Treasures of the Study
12272:Water supply and sanitation
12000:Central Military Commission
11995:Outline of military history
11745:Province-level subdivisions
10379:(5th ed.). Cambridge:
9349:Gaddis, John Lewis (1972).
8859:Sussman, George D. (2011).
8068:Zhang Jinfan (張晉藩) (2014).
7367:"Neolithic Period in China"
7293:, pp. 1077, 1084–1085.
7195:
7164:Timeline of Chinese history
7159:Population history of China
7134:List of rebellions in China
7037:
6977:, which causes the disease
6160:In the summer of 1900, the
6122:Self-Strengthening Movement
5995:. The Qing ruled more than
5825:, built in the Qing period.
5666:Qing dynasty (AD 1644–1912)
5659:Self-Strengthening Movement
5641:History of the Qing dynasty
5573:, its traditional ally and
5525:Mexican and Peruvian silver
5109:Ming dynasty (AD 1368–1644)
5096:History of the Ming dynasty
4827:over western khanates (the
4655:Yuan dynasty (AD 1271–1368)
4638:History of the Yuan dynasty
4268:Within the Liao Empire the
4067:History of the Song dynasty
4012:gained lasting independence
3808:in 879 was followed by the
3603:emperors in Chinese history
3307:, a kingdom founded by the
2988:Three Kingdoms (AD 220–280)
2933:. The diplomat and general
2564:
2548:
2518:
2500:
2432:Empire of China (1915–1916)
1941:Decorative plaque from the
1863:excavated near the city of
1218:imperial examination system
1104:remembered by the earliest
1086:Chinese bronze inscriptions
10:
14676:
14014:Inventions and discoveries
13519:Political status of Taiwan
13088:Taiwan under Japanese rule
11941:Primary stage of socialism
11883:National People's Congress
11351:People's Republic of China
10754:A Concise History of China
10724:(1996). One-volume survey.
10679:
10655:Cambridge University Press
10619:Cambridge University Press
10586:Cambridge University Press
10553:Cambridge University Press
10527:Cambridge University Press
10484:Journal of Human Evolution
10468:Xiong & Hammond (2019)
10135:Cambridge University Press
10045:
9481:The A to Z of the Cold War
9005:Fan, Ka-wai (March 2023).
8786:Warfare in Chinese History
8048:World History Encyclopedia
7792:10.1163/156853205774910098
7375:Metropolitan Museum of Art
7104:History of canals in China
6923:U.S. Department of Defense
6720:
6710:
6284:
6266:
6187:fierce fighting at Tianjin
5874:Ming remnants in the south
5821:A residential building of
5644:
5638:
5632:
5513:Philippines by the Pisheye
5435:Snow Plums and Twin Cranes
5099:
5093:
5087:
4760:of the Mongol Empire as a
4748:, one of the grandsons of
4641:
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4233:were launched against the
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4016:being a Chinese prefecture
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2870:
2745:with government monopolies
2672:History of the Han dynasty
2669:
2663:
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2429:
2298:
2269:Hundred Schools of Thought
2203:
2138:
2128:
2125:Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC)
2003:
1997:
1930:
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1890:
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1335:People's Republic of China
1314:and the Communist-aligned
1041:, and as far south as the
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11691:UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
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11197:
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11029:
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10798:Resources in your library
10693:Governing China, 150–1850
10690:Dardess, John W. (2010).
10346:10.1163/26669323-04301004
10175:10.1038/s41586-018-0710-1
8814:Governing China: 150–1850
8811:Dardess, John W. (2010).
8794:10.1163/9789004482944_006
8545:10.1179/mon.2006.54.1.006
8174:10.1038/nature.2014.14482
7945:10.1017/S0041977X23000277
7752:10.1163/9789004299337_003
7596:. Infobase. p. 200.
7560:. Springer. p. 310.
7419:Pringle, Heather (1998).
7109:History of Islam in China
7084:Economic history of China
6937:which are located in the
6860:Tiananmen Square protests
6697:Taiwan's political status
5958:Conquests in Central Asia
5503:much military suppression
5473:repulsed by the Ming navy
5289:, and was later moved to
4732:Mongol successor khanates
4443:philosophy formulated by
3774:devastated the population
3694:ceramics and wall murals.
3484:Tang dynasty (AD 618–907)
3141:. In 317, the Jin prince
2821:states in the Tarim Basin
2634:led a successful campaign
2600:historicity of this event
1690:10,000-year-old pottery,
1662:Yellow River civilization
1605:regional continuity model
1424:Restoration of the skull
1349:, and became the world's
1076:. The earliest surviving
794:
716:
596:
529:
459:
333:
14340:East Timor (Timor-Leste)
13509:One Country on Each Side
13421:Administrative divisions
12866:Catholic Church in China
12010:People's Liberation Army
11977:One country, two systems
10738:Imperial China, 900–1800
9674:Rowman & Littlefield
9610:. Monthly Review Press.
9541:; Qiao, Kunyuan (2022).
9466:6 September 2015 at the
9424:Cornell University Press
9403:Rummel, Rudolph (1994).
9344:. Yale University Press.
9259:Harvard University Press
9071:
9062:
8579:
8500:Gernet, Jacques (1996).
8318:, pp. 56–57, 59–60.
8042:Mark, Joshua J. (2012).
8019:10.1017/CBO9780511489655
7814:
7732:Goldin, Paul R. (2015).
7624:. Springer. p. 89.
7405:. Yale University Press.
7180:
7129:List of Chinese monarchs
7003:People's Liberation Army
6981:, was first detected in
6884:World Trade Organization
6749:The PRC was shaped by a
6601:Second Sino-Japanese War
6527:Second Sino-Japanese War
6479:, seized control of the
6305:First Guangzhou uprising
6067:Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
5941:traditional Han clothing
5840:to rule the entirety of
5629:Qing dynasty (1644–1912)
5084:Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
5059:massive naval engagement
4877:inspired generations of
4687:on the east wall of the
4626:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
4562:, while invented in the
4524:'s (1085–1145) painting
4389:traveled throughout the
3835:'s usurpation led to an
3800:. Catastrophically, the
3360:Sui dynasty (AD 581–618)
3319:, which then became the
3127:War of the Eight Princes
3074:Jin dynasty (AD 266–420)
3055:Jin dynasty (AD 266–420)
2955:Roman embassies to China
2839:tribes. The Han annexed
2809:Major military campaigns
2516:; "First Emperor"); the
2453:Qin dynasty (221–206 BC)
2354:collection, dated to 305
2348:Spring and Autumn Annals
2233:Spring and Autumn Annals
2206:Spring and Autumn period
2070: 1250–1050 BC
2022:The 12th-century BC
1893:Outline of ancient China
1834:Lower Xiajiadian culture
1694:culture (18,000–7000 BC)
1522:, was discovered in the
1504:, cattle, pigs, and the
1280:a complete encyclopaedia
1278:1735–1796) commissioned
14601:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
13691:Uniform Invoice lottery
13606:State-owned enterprises
13379:Office of the President
12698:Four Pillars of Destiny
12483:Regional discrimination
11905:Chinese Communist Party
10835:(subscription required)
10511:
10319:Nylan, Michael (2016).
10123:Ebrey, Patricia Buckley
9891:The Wall Street Journal
9668:Carroll, J. M. (2007).
9644:Oxford University Press
8817:. Hackett. p. 32.
7692:Higham, Charles. 1996.
7630:10.1007/0-306-47164-7_5
7371:Timeline of Art History
6925:, as many as 3 million
6501:Chinese Soviet Republic
6473:Chinese Communist Party
6222:constitutional monarchy
6195:finally reached Beijing
6135:First Sino-Japanese War
6075:Third Battle of Nanking
4885:, known at the time as
4616:halting Mongol advances
4590:warships equipped with
4245:swept over the exposed
4061:Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
3566:The Tang dynasty was a
3459:the fall of the dynasty
3008:Yellow Turban Rebellion
2706:and to areas far west.
2006:Bronze Age § China
1840:located in what is now
1506:giant short-faced hyena
1306:. From 1927 to 1949, a
1066:central plains of China
1023:cradles of civilization
1021:, making it one of the
1007:Chinese cultural sphere
13651:Semiconductor industry
13469:Cross-Strait relations
13426:Special municipalities
13078:Taiwan under Qing rule
12451:Science and technology
12124:Special economic zones
11376:persecution of Uyghurs
11304:Century of humiliation
10768:Wright, David Curtis.
10696:. Hackett Publishing.
10576:Shaughnessy, Edward L.
10543:Shaughnessy, Edward L.
10437:Xiong, Victor Cunrui;
9127:Kuhn, Phillip (1970).
7813:Xu Hong (许宏) (2021).
7672:Times Higher Education
7401:Lander, Brian (2021).
7154:Naval history of China
7074:Chinese historiography
7005:enters Beijing in the
6973:The novel coronavirus
6955:people's war on terror
6826:Deng Xiaoping was the
6735:
6633:Allies of World War II
6585:Seventy-seven Incident
6493:Nationalist government
6464:
6456:
6424:
6322:
6307:
6259:
6105:
6027:
6019:
5761:Putuo Zongcheng Temple
5655:Century of humiliation
5420:National Palace Museum
4733:
4124:from the Song dynasty.
3998:(region along today's
3930:Section and detail of
3601:, one of the greatest
3497:Tang Dynasty in 742 AD
3465:Tang dynasty (618–907)
3145:, based in modern-day
3031:, thus initiating the
2686:
2626:Patricia Buckley Ebrey
2590:) and metal currency (
2479:
2318:
2031:
2010:Chinese ritual bronzes
1945:
1760:to about 7000 BC. The
1601:"Out of Africa" theory
1426:Shaanxi History Museum
1257:Classic Chinese Novels
1074:Chinese historiography
1043:delta of the Red River
1037:, as far north as the
13534:Taiwanese nationalism
13053:Early Chinese contact
12658:Four Great Inventions
12042:People's Armed Police
10715:China: A New History.
10321:"Mapping Time in the
10111:Early Writing Systems
9547:Yale University Press
9206:International Affairs
8877:10.1353/bhm.2011.0054
8475:Xu, Pingfang (2005).
7079:Christianity in China
6964:Amnesty International
6929:and members of other
6730:
6462:
6454:
6410:
6313:
6302:
6255:
6171:Eight-Nation Alliance
6100:
6080:Punti–Hakka Clan Wars
6025:
6009:
5647:Later Jin (1616–1636)
5639:Further information:
5545:Battle of Liaoluo Bay
5094:Further information:
5022:crossing street tower
4790:eastern Mongol empire
4731:
4685:Deva King of the East
4636:Further information:
4455:movable-type printing
4302:Southern Song dynasty
4290:Northern Song dynasty
4065:Further information:
3798:amassed immense power
3654:imperial examinations
3414:imperial examinations
3347:Sui dynasty (581–618)
3065:Further information:
3061:Jin dynasty (266–420)
2945:, thus reopening the
2941:to the shores of the
2741:Imperial Universities
2713:dominant ethnic group
2684:
2670:Further information:
2636:against the northern
2466:
2418:—known to history as
2308:
2301:Warring States period
2139:Further information:
2021:
2004:Further information:
1940:
1919:. Traditionally, the
1897:Further information:
1660:Further information:
785:(mainland, 1912–1949)
14515:United Arab Emirates
13046:archaeological sites
12637:World Heritage Sites
12165:Foreign aid received
11873:Environmental policy
11671:Environmental policy
11666:Environmental issues
10713:and Goldman, Merle.
10519:, eds. (1978–2020).
10339:(1). Brill: 61–122.
10202:Current Anthropology
9555:10.2307/j.ctv3006z6k
9539:Marquis, Christopher
9254:China: A New History
9113:on 25 November 2022.
9078:] (in Chinese).
7099:Golden ages of China
6968:formal prison system
6858:helped to spark the
6851:on 4 December 1982.
6786:Third Front campaign
6765:and implemented the
6543:Bombing of Chongqing
6433:Treaty of Versailles
6417:Treaty of Versailles
6402:New Culture Movement
6341:, who commanded the
6155:Empress Dowager Cixi
6151:Hundred Days' Reform
6042:(1842), under which
5878:Ming-Qing transition
5836:, it was the second
5823:Qiao Family Compound
5537:Sino-Dutch conflicts
5465:maritime prohibition
5358:Chinese fleet sailed
5078:sustained the regime
4910:Dengfeng Observatory
4742:Great Khan of Mongol
4374:most populous cities
4300:, and initiated the
3802:Huang Chao Rebellion
3733:, the only official
3426:Standardized coinage
2877:In AD 9 the usurper
2646:monumental mausoleum
2524:title, derived from
2448:Early imperial China
2309:The Warring States,
2218:by rebel states and
2098:during the reign of
1666:Yangtze civilization
1558:. The dates of most
1255:. Three of the four
1239:(1368–1644) include
14542:limited recognition
14184:Tourist attractions
13641:Maritime industries
13574:Automotive industry
13479:Chinese nationalism
13474:Chinese unification
13318:Additional Articles
13083:Republic of Formosa
13073:Kingdom of Tungning
12883:History of religion
12878:Freedom of religion
12733:Four Pests campaign
12678:Four Classic Novels
12290:Automotive industry
12170:Foreign aid program
11861:Pro-democratisation
11356:Cultural Revolution
10736:Mote, Frederick W.
10733:. (ABC-CLIO, 2012).
10711:Fairbank, John King
10439:Hammond, Kenneth J.
10414:1983SciAm.248f..86R
10401:Scientific American
10371:Wilkinson, Endymion
10296:10.1038/nature15696
10288:2015Natur.526..696L
10167:2019Natur.565...82H
10073:2013NatSR...3E2403A
9997:Bloomsbury Academic
9969:. 23 September 2022
9966:The Washington Post
9831:The Washington Post
9765:The Washington Post
9638:Youngs, R. (2002).
9440:. 2 September 1945.
9405:Death by Government
9245:Fairbank, John King
9178:Lonely Planet China
9032:10.3390/cli11030071
9023:2023Clim...11...71F
8683:on 28 October 2008.
8465:, pp. 455–458.
8180:on 22 January 2014.
7870:, pp. 158–159.
7069:Chinese exploration
6796:met U.S. president
6771:Cultural Revolution
6751:series of campaigns
6485:Northern Expedition
6429:May Fourth Movement
6413:May Fourth Movement
6110:Tongzhi Restoration
5982:Treaty of Nerchinsk
5980:, resulting in the
5970:Kingdom of Tungning
5541:The Dutch in Taiwan
5314:voyages of Zheng He
5217:World Heritage Site
5020:on top of an arch (
4668:The White Stupa of
4314:Jin dynasty in 1234
4223:sixteen prefectures
4218:from 1032 to 1227.
4216:Western Xia dynasty
4214:tribes founded the
4038:Late imperial China
4004:Khitan Liao dynasty
3996:Sixteen Prefectures
3770:An Lushan Rebellion
3722:were trained to do.
3593:The first emperor,
3541:World Heritage Site
3509:The Fengxian cave (
3088:Western Jin Dynasty
3029:Emperor Xian of Han
2951:arrival of Buddhism
2931:decisively defeated
2915:Eastern Han dynasty
2642:Great Wall of China
2632:, who concurrently
2477:World Heritage Site
2329:period. Though the
2106: 1250 BC
2085: 1046 BC
2043: 1046 BC
1881:Zhang Zhung culture
1637:Middle Palaeolithic
1582:, Shanxi Province.
1564:magnetostratigraphy
1508:. The better-known
1439:LL-1 partials skull
1372:Prehistory of China
1339:Cultural Revolution
1210:Mechanical printing
1123:, during which the
18:Late imperial China
13848:Formosan languages
13671:Telecommunications
13504:North–South divide
13448:Metropolitan areas
12790:Population history
12770:Internal migration
12385:Harmonious Society
12260:Telecommunications
12217:Standard of living
12136:Online advertising
11888:Standing Committee
10759:Stanford, Edward.
10752:Roberts, J. A. G.
10743:Perkins, Dorothy.
10727:Li, Xiaobing, ed.
10239:Lewis, Mark Edward
10060:Scientific Reports
9936:. 28 February 2018
9855:The New York Times
9767:. 28 January 2006.
9749:(1). January 2006.
8915:Hucker, Charles O.
8613:Lewis, Mark Edward
7461:on 1 January 2011.
6951:Human Rights Watch
6759:Great Leap Forward
6736:
6465:
6457:
6425:
6398:Beiyang government
6323:
6308:
6260:
6218:examination system
6191:Gaselee Expedition
6179:Battle of Langfang
6175:Seymour Expedition
6106:
6038:(1840) led to the
6028:
6020:
5623:peasants uprisings
5560:Shaanxi earthquake
5479:in 1521 and again
5452:). Located at the
5213:City wall of Xi'an
4962:variety shows and
4941:conquest dynasties
4879:medieval Europeans
4794:invasions of Japan
4758:his inherited part
4734:
4556:history of warfare
4422:woodblock printing
4316:, and finally the
3661:equal-field system
3607:a tributary system
3574:, and technology.
3517:, commissioned by
3422:equal-field system
3342:Mid-imperial China
2717:written characters
2695:Chu–Han Contention
2687:
2480:
2319:
2216:Battle of Mount Li
2032:
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1853:Ferrous metallurgy
1768:in Ningxia, 3,172
1538:, and awls. Other
1241:global exploration
800:
610:Five Dynasties and
602:
537:Southern dynasties
465:
364:Chu–Han Contention
14647:
14646:
14584:other territories
14240:
14239:
14192:
14191:
13970:
13969:
13940:Taiwanese Hokkien
13704:
13703:
13499:Foreign relations
13412:Regions of Taiwan
13396:Political parties
13384:Secretary-General
13241:
13240:
13188:Protected species
13128:
13127:
13098:Retreat to Taiwan
13093:Republic of China
13058:Kingdom of Middag
12974:
12973:
12934:
12933:
12741:
12740:
12318:
12317:
12305:Shipping industry
12069:
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12035:Strategic Support
11910:General Secretary
11895:National security
11878:Foreign relations
11832:
11831:
11753:
11752:
11716:
11715:
11419:Natural disasters
11386:
11385:
11339:Chinese Civil War
11334:Republic of China
11309:Taiping Rebellion
11182:Spring and Autumn
11087:Foreign relations
10784:Library resources
10720:Gernet, Jacques.
10703:978-1-60384-311-9
10664:978-0-521-24327-8
10641:Twitchett, Dennis
10628:978-0-521-24327-8
10605:Twitchett, Dennis
10595:978-0-521-47030-8
10562:978-0-521-47030-8
10513:Fairbank, John K.
10470:, pp. 12–24.
10458:978-0-367-58051-3
10390:978-0-9988883-0-9
10282:(7575): 696–699.
10256:978-0-674-02477-9
10107:Boltz, William G.
10081:10.1038/srep02403
10006:978-1-350-26724-4
9683:978-0-7425-3422-3
9653:978-0-19-924979-4
9617:978-1-58367-123-8
9564:978-0-300-26883-6
9494:978-0-8108-5384-3
9368:978-0-231-12239-9
9219:10.1093/ia/iiy211
9063:明代北京的瘟疫與帝國醫療體系的應變
8590:978-7-01-011139-1
8517:978-0-521-49781-7
8486:978-0-300-09382-7
8441:, pp. 22–24.
8417:, pp. 82–83.
8405:, pp. 60–61.
8330:, pp. 75–78.
8294:, pp. 58–59.
8277:, pp. 15–17.
8253:, pp. 16–17.
7977:978-0-520-04229-2
7854:978-962-937-140-1
7828:978-7-108-07083-8
7718:978-0-7391-8240-6
7665:Rawson, Jessica.
7639:978-0-306-47164-3
7575:978-90-481-9412-4
7541:978-1-55729-071-7
7483:on 27 August 2009
7327:James et al. 1989
7303:Wu & Lin 1983
7119:History of Taiwan
6921:According to the
6896:British Hong Kong
6782:Sino-Soviet split
6733:Chinese Civil War
6673:National Assembly
6617:Three Alls Policy
6596:Chinese Civil War
6481:Nationalist Party
6351:absolute monarchy
6319:Xinhai Revolution
6287:History of Taiwan
6214:late Qing reforms
6103:Taiping Rebellion
6092:Panthay Rebellion
6059:Taiping Rebellion
6040:Treaty of Nanking
5950:Kangxi Dictionary
5890:natural disasters
5866:Chongzhen Emperor
5579:regional hegemony
5521:Spanish at Manila
5382:Zhengtong Emperor
5338:Grand Secretariat
5297:'s reign onward.
4954:scholar officials
4817:Mongol civil wars
4756:, and considered
4600:Battle of Tangdao
4286:Jingkang Incident
4247:North China Plain
4239:early Song period
3650:scholar officials
3625:. Internally the
3535:Inside a cave of
3435:Daxing (Chang'an)
3254:Hanging Monastery
2883:Mandate of Heaven
2881:claimed that the
2526:Chinese mythology
2238:settlement states
2167:Mandate of Heaven
2014:Predynastic Shang
1984: 91 BC
1921:abdication system
1758:radiocarbon-dated
1708:Peiligang culture
1706:Bone Arrowheads,
1670:Liao civilization
1618:Ailuropoda baconi
1560:Paleolithic sites
1462:million years ago
1304:Republic of China
1296:Xinhai Revolution
1214:wood-block prints
1125:Mandate of Heaven
1106:extant literature
990:
989:
947:Transport history
873:Education history
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826:Republic of China
808:People's Republic
781:Republic of China
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286:Spring and Autumn
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14660:History of China
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14596:Christmas Island
14282:Sovereign states
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14260:
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14228:
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14092:Cultural history
14044:Waste management
13796:Taiwanese people
13784:
13783:
13738:National symbols
13717:National Symbols
13710:
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13626:Economic history
13621:
13613:Defense industry
13457:Political issues
13362:Military history
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12419:Chinese language
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12114:Economic history
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11735:Border crossings
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11052:Military history
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10770:History of China
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6906:, respectively.
6900:Portuguese Macau
6878:and PRC premier
6841:market socialism
6828:Paramount Leader
6763:collectivisation
6669:Legislative Yuan
6580:
6568:
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6539:
6515:(Mao Tse-tung).
6421:Shandong Problem
6379:
6364:
6234:Wuchang uprising
6052:unequal treaties
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5989:Qianlong Emperor
5966:previous emperor
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5838:conquest dynasty
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5469:Age of Discovery
5454:Guangdong Museum
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4786:Mongol heartland
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4608:Battle of Caishi
4596:incendiary bombs
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3165:Sixteen Kingdoms
3159:Sixteen Kingdoms
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2841:Minyue in 135 BC
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1830:Majiayao culture
1800:Longshan culture
1796:Yangshao culture
1792:Liangzhu culture
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1593:to contemporary
1517:
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1343:economic reforms
1316:Chinese Red Army
1308:costly civil war
1289:unequal treaties
1277:
1275:
1227:Eventually, the
1222:Neo-Confucianism
1156:in 221 BC.
1118:
1115:
1011:traditional lens
994:history of China
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910:Military history
868:Economic history
856:Related articles
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12871:Protestantism
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11978:
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11968:
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1150:first united
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1129:Confucianism
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1082:oracle bones
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14395:North Korea
14290:Afghanistan
14177:tea culture
14142:Photography
13828:Waishengren
13562:Aquaculture
13557:Agriculture
13335:LGBT rights
13193:Hot springs
13179:Earthquakes
13113:Martial law
12627:Variety art
12622:Tea culture
12550:Calligraphy
12535:Archaeology
12395:Food safety
12190:Gold mining
12092:Aquaculture
12087:Agriculture
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11814:Naming laws
11648:Environment
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11115:Paleolithic
11107:Prehistoric
11065:before 1912
10209:(1): 1–26.
9940:28 February
9869:16 November
9788:transcript"
9038:3 September
8846:Études Song
8842:Ho, Ping-ti
8097:Pines, Yuri
7991:Bagley 1999
7868:Bagley 1999
7776:Pines, Yuri
7653:Bagley 1999
7487:10 February
7381:10 February
7196:Shi Huangdi
6959:Kerry Brown
6876:Jiang Zemin
6817:Hua Guofeng
6731:Map of the
6594:The bitter
6419:for China (
6394:Warlord Era
6383:Yuan Shikai
6368:Sun Yat-sen
6339:Yuan Shikai
6230:Sun Yat-sen
6147:Kang Youwei
6127:Yuan Shikai
6071:Zeng Guofan
5914:Inner Asian
5450: 1428
5446: 1355
5374:Esen Tayisi
5362:Moghulistan
5215:, a UNESCO
5033:120 million
4806:Grand Canal
4746:Kublai Khan
4672:in Beijing.
4471:Lin Tinggui
4426:paper money
4369:100 million
4278:Qara Khitai
4263:Jin dynasty
4259:Liao Empire
4152:of 1044 AD.
4146:, from the
4122:Bodhisattva
4106:Western Xia
4077:Qara Khitai
4057:Western Xia
3989:Han Chinese
3845:Li Guochang
3627:Grand Canal
3611:Tarim Basin
3539:, a UNESCO
3453:during the
3431:Grand Canal
3398:Emperor Wen
3353:Sui dynasty
3321:Northern Qi
3317:Western Wei
3282:Southern Qi
3119:Han dynasty
3115:Jin dynasty
3049:Jin dynasty
2966:papermaking
2943:Caspian Sea
2898:Eastern Han
2873:Xin dynasty
2867:Xin dynasty
2796:Right image
2677:Western Han
2666:Han dynasty
2588:seal script
2502:Shi Huangdi
2475:, a UNESCO
2459:Qin dynasty
2402:capital of
2379:prefectures
2346:within the
2210:In 771 BC,
2081: 1250
2039: 1600
1957: 2070
1950:Xia dynasty
1933:Xia dynasty
1644:Guanyindong
1633:giant tapir
1627:hyena, the
1621:panda, the
1603:(OOA), the
1544:Lantian Man
1524:Zhoukoudian
1466:Yuanmou Man
1456:arrived in
1450:species of
1385:Paleolithic
1300:Sun Yat-sen
1249:Grand Canal
1194:Sui dynasty
1187:Calligraphy
1179:sericulture
1166:Han Chinese
1162:Han dynasty
1158:Orthography
1117: 1046
1070:Xia dynasty
1031:Tarim Basin
935:Discoveries
930:Cartography
925:Archaeology
863:Art history
752:(1644–1912)
739:(1368–1644)
726:(1271–1368)
696:(1115–1234)
683:(1038–1227)
679:Western Xia
651:(1127–1279)
483:Eastern Jin
473:Western Jin
398:(25–220 AD)
394:Eastern Han
374:Western Han
253: 1046
233: 1046
229: 1250
206: 1600
182: 2070
123: 8500
104:Paleolithic
95:Prehistoric
14520:Uzbekistan
14495:Tajikistan
14410:Kyrgyzstan
14390:Kazakhstan
14310:Bangladesh
14300:Azerbaijan
14137:Philosophy
14112:Literature
14009:Healthcare
13868:Kanakanavu
13620:(currency)
13529:Two Chinas
13401:Propaganda
13369:Parliament
13303:Censorship
13277:Government
13255:Government
13041:Prehistory
12888:Irreligion
12785:Statistics
12755:Emigration
12718:Four Wangs
12607:Philosophy
12592:Mass media
12575:Literature
12473:Patriarchy
12436:Propaganda
12356:Corruption
12341:Censorship
12131:E-commerce
11838:Government
11631:East China
11603:Waterfalls
11549:Peninsulas
11517:Grasslands
10447:. London:
9995:. London:
9623:30 October
9581:1348572572
9520:30 October
9232:Ebrey 1999
8640:Ebrey 1999
8439:Sanft 2019
8427:Bodde 1986
8415:Bodde 1986
8403:Bodde 1986
8391:Lewis 2007
8379:Bodde 1986
8364:Ebrey 1999
8352:Lewis 2007
8340:Sanft 2019
8328:Bodde 1986
8316:Bodde 1986
8304:Ebrey 1999
8292:Bodde 1986
8275:Sanft 2019
8263:Bodde 1986
8251:Sanft 2019
8239:Sanft 2019
8227:Ebrey 1999
8203:Bodde 1986
8191:Bodde 1986
8168:. Nature.
8151:1145777819
8101:Asia Major
7892:Boltz 1986
7780:T'oung Pao
7740:Yuri Pines
7236:Derk Bodde
7176:References
6975:SARS-CoV-2
6943:Xi Jinping
6916:Wen Jiabao
6880:Zhu Rongji
6856:Hu Yaobang
6794:Zhou Enlai
6721:See also:
6615:) and the
6513:Mao Zedong
6505:Long March
6285:See also:
5993:its zenith
5936:Tangzhuang
5933:dress and
5910:25 million
5886:Xi dynasty
5862:Li Zicheng
5854:Hong Taiji
5645:See also:
5448: – c.
5306:xenophobia
5100:See also:
5046:enserfment
5037:60 million
4871:Marco Polo
4642:See also:
4606:, and the
4592:trebuchets
4580:Huai River
4437:Sima Guang
4433:Wang Anshi
4391:China Seas
4306:Huai River
4274:cataphract
4071:See also:
4024:Later Zhou
4000:Great Wall
3751:50 million
3475:See also:
3447:Great Wall
3209:Great Wall
2977:Zhang Heng
2817:Zhang Qian
2774:Left image
2736:Emperor Wu
2722:After the
2699:golden age
2584:Shang Yang
2577:chancellor
2437:See also:
2412:Ying Zheng
2114:Sanxingdui
2083: – c.
2063:Late Shang
2041: – c.
2028:Bronze Age
1959: – c.
1891:See also:
1838:Sanxingdui
1822:See also:
1818:Bronze Age
1654:See also:
1631:, and the
1613:Dao County
1609:Fuyan Cave
1596:H. sapiens
1510:Peking Man
1376:See also:
1361:Prehistory
1331:Mao Zedong
1325:After the
1285:Opium Wars
1253:Great Wall
1170:core texts
1148:China was
1094:divination
1033:, and the
940:Inventions
670:(916–1125)
641:(960–1127)
629:(960–1279)
296: – c.
294: 770
255: – c.
231: – c.
220:Late Shang
208: – c.
184: – c.
125: – c.
14606:Hong Kong
14560:Palestine
14485:Sri Lanka
14480:Singapore
14360:Indonesia
14067:Animation
14029:Squatting
14004:Education
13840:Languages
13596:Companies
13374:President
13325:Elections
13233:Volcanoes
13208:Mountains
13152:Overviews
13142:Geography
12775:Languages
12728:Four Olds
12683:Four arts
12570:Libraries
12500:Structure
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12282:Transport
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12153:Petroleum
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11915:Politburo
11868:Elections
11856:Democracy
11824:Terrorism
11572:Volcanoes
11554:Northeast
11532:Mountains
11442:Northeast
11392:Geography
11299:High Qing
11120:Neolithic
11092:Dynasties
11070:1912–1949
11061:Economic
11030:Overviews
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12826:Religion
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12336:Abortion
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11759:Politics
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3580:Chang'an
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