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CLASSICAL EMPIRES
Ch'in and Han Dynasties in China
DYNASTIESIPERIOD
403-221
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BCE
Warring States period
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256-206
Ch'in
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202 BCE-220
Han
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9-23 CE
Hsin rule over Han China
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EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
256 BCE-220 CE
BCE
EVENTS
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256 Ch'in emerges as most powerful of Warring States.
Ch'in kills last Chou king, Nan
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246 Cheng becomes king of Ch'in
230-221 Ch'in defeats all other Warring States
221 Ch'in king Cheng names himself Shih Huang Tt,
"first supreme (universal) emperor" over first unified,
centralized Chinese state. Currency, script, and weights
and measures standardized
220-214 Construction of Great Wall of China to link
BCE
CE
existing fortifications
12~
200
to keep out nomads
214 Ch'in China reaches greatest extent
213 "Burning of the Books": Shih Huang Ti has all
literature he considers subversive destroyed
210 Shih Huang Ti dies. Erh Shih, last Ch'in emperor,
succeeds him and rules to 206. Erh Shih, a harsh ruler,
kills capable ministers. His tyrannical
widespread uprisings and civil war
150
100
rule results in
206 Liu Pang, rebel general, defeats last Ch'in
emperor Erh Shih. Ch'in Empire disintegrates into small
states; Liu Pang rules state of Han
202 Liu Pang, later known as Emperor Kao Tsu,
declares himself Chinese emperor, founds (Western or
former) Han dynasty and rules to 195. Capital established at Ch'ang-an
179-157 Reign of Western Han emperor Liu Heng,
later known as Wen Ti, considered an ideal Confucian
50
CE
central Asia; his reports lead to establishment
route known as Silk Road
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50
100
A soldier of the ''terra-cotta army."
Hundreds of these were buried in the
150
tomb of the Ch'in emperor Shih Huang
BCE) to protect him
in the afterlife.
Ti (reigned 221-210
200
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ruler (upright and accountable to other statesmen). Han
China peaceful and prosperous
140 Confucianism (system or code of ethics) adopted
as orthodox ideology of state
140-87 Reign of Wu Ti, longest reigning Western Han
emperor. Han China battles against nomadic Hsiung-nu
and expands into central Asia
138-126 Chang Chien, Han diplomatic envoy, travels in
of trade
32-7 BCE During rule of succession of young, weak
Western Han emperors, Wang family grows powerful
1-9 CE Wang Mang rules as regent for two infant Han
emperors, Ping Ti (1-6 CE) and Ju-Tzu Ying (6-9 CE)
9 Wang Mang seizes power, proclaims himself
emperor, and establishes Hsin dynasty
23 Uprisings throughout China. Wang Mang killed in
palace by rebels: Hsin dynasty ends. City of Ch'ang-an
destroyed. China descends into civil war, fought
between numerous factions (to 36)
25 Liu Hsiu, member of Han dynasty later known as
Emperor Kuang Wu Ti, restores (Eastern or latter) Han
dynasty and rules to 57. Capital established at what is
now Loyang
36 Han China finally pacified and reunified
58-88 Eastern Han China at its most powerful, during
reigns of Ming Ti (58-76) and Chang Ti (76-88). China
expands into central Asia and fights Hsiung-nu
184 "Yellow Turbans," Taoist sect, revolts in north.
Successfully put down by Han general Tsao T'sao,
who later rebels against Han dynasty himself
189-220 Reign of last Eastern Han emperor Hsien Ti.
Struggles between court factions lead to loss of central
control; widespread uprisings result
220 Last Eastern Han emperor Hsien Ti abdicates. Han
China splits into three kingdoms between 220 and 222
Period dominated by another dynasty
250
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