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Download Ch`in (Qin) Dynasty (c. 221-206 BC): Unification of China. Written
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Dynasties of Ancient China Dynasty means rulers of the same family who rule for generations to come. It also means an era during which that family ruled. Several dynasties ruled China for over 3000 years. Shang Dynasty (1523-1027 BC) Advanced bronze casting methods; some walled cities; human and animal sacrifices. Ritual Wine Vessel, Mask, Axe Dagger Axe Chou (Zhou) Dynasty (c. 1027-256 BC): Classical age, Confucius teachings, Great Wall begun. Iron replaces bronze for weapons. Daoism is founded. Bell, Bronze Bell, Ritual Food Vessel, Specter Ch'in (Qin) Dynasty (c. 221-206 BC): Unification of China. Written language standardized. Great wall completed and connected. Standardized currency, weights and measures. Jar The Great Wall Terra Cotta Soldiers Han Dynasty (c. 202 BC- 220 AD): Imperial age, with unification furthered but harshness lessened. Buddhism introduced from India. Encyclopedic history, dictionary compiled, porcelain produced, paper invented. Prancing Horse, Equestrian Soldier, Foot Soldiers Sui Dynasty (581-618 AD): Buddhism and Taoism favored. Great Wall re-fortified, canal system established. Vase Cup Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD): Economy flourished, great territorial expansion. Age of great achievements in poetry, sculpture and painting. People frequently traveled between countries, including Vietnam, India, the Eastern Roman Empire, Japan, Arabia, Korea and Persia. Horse Ewer Jar Sung Dynasty (Song) (960-1279 AD): Period of great social and intellectual change. Widespread cultivation of tea and cotton. Gunpowder first used in the military, magnetic compass invented; first moveable type invented. Bowl Statue Painting Yüan Dynasty (1271-1368 AD): Mongol Dynasty founded by Kublai Khan. Growing contact with the west. Confucian ideals discouraged. Great age of Chinese play-writing. Revolts in Mongolia and south China end the dynasty. Visited and reported by Marco Polo Vase Bowl Box with cover Ming Dynasty (1368-1644): Mongols expelled. Confucianism, civil service examinations reestablished. Contact with European traders, missionaries expanded. Porcelain (famous Ming vases), architecture. First to trade with Great Britain. Tile Model, Painting, Painting Ch'ing (Xing) Dynasty or Manchu Dynasty (1644-1912): Territorial expansion but gradual weakening of Chinese power. Increasing European trade, foreign powers divide China into spheres of influence, Opium war, Hong Kong ceded. Last Chinese dynasty. Dish Bowl Plate
