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CHINESE DYNASTIES
Qin or Ch'in Dynasty (221-207 B.C.)
Contributions: Legalism Standardized writing and language Standardized money Standardized system of measurement Irrigation projects Building of the Great Wall of China Terra cotta army Expanded Network of Roads and Canals Multiplication Table

Tea Po Chu-i (poet) Scroll painting Three Doctrines (Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism Gunpowder Civil Service Exams Brandy and whiskey Flame-thrower Dance and Music

Five Dynasties (907 - 960 A.D.)

Contributions: Tea Trade Translucent Porcelain Paper Money and Certificates of deposit Taoism Painting

Han dynasty (202 B.C. - A.D. 220)

Contributions: Silk Road Papermaking Iron technology (cast iron) plowshares; Moldboard plow (kuan) Glazed pottery Wheelbarrow Seismograph (Chang Heng) Compass Ship's rudder Stirrups Draw loom weaving Embroidery for decorating garments Hot Air Balloon Chinese Examination System

Era of Disunity (Age of Division - (220 - 581 A. D.))

Chin Dynasty Northern and Southern Dynasties Contributions: Tea Padded horse collar (collar harness) Calligraphy Stirrups Growth of Buddhism and Taoism Kite Matches Odometer Umbrella Paddle Wheel Ship

Tang dynasty (618-907 A.D.)

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Song or Sung dynasty (960-1279 A. D.)

Contributions:

Chinese Opera Porcelain Chain Drive Mechanism

Sui Dynasty (581 - 618 A. D.)

Magnetic compass Rocket and multi-stage rockets Printing Guns and Cannons Landscape painting Winemaking Contributions: Porcelain Block Printing Grand Canal Coinage Standardization

Yuan or Mongol Dynasty (1279 - 1368 A.D. )

Contributions: Paper money Magnetic Compass Blue and white porcelain Guns and Gunpowder Landscape painting Chinese Theater, Opera, and Music Decimal Numbers

China, one of the countries that can boast of an ancient civilization, has a long and mysterious history - almost 5,000 years of it! Like most other great civilizations of the world, China can trace her culture back to a blend of small original tribes which have expanded till they became the great country we have today. It is recorded that Yuanmou man is the oldest hominoid in China and the oldest dynasty is Xia Dynasty. From the long history of China, there emerge many eminent people that have contributed a lot to the development of the whole country and to the enrichment of her history. Among them, there are emperors like Li Shimin (emperor Taizhong of the Tang), philosophers like Confucius, great patriotic poets like Qu Yuan and so on. Chinese society has progressed through five major stages - Primitive Society, Slave Society, Feudal Society, Semi-feudal and Semi-colonial Society, and Socialist Society. The rise and fall of the great dynasties forms a thread that runs through Chinese history, almost from the beginning. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1st, 1949, China has become a socialist society and become stronger and stronger.