CHINESE HISTORY

TIMELINE
 DYNASTIES
MYTHICAL (scant evidence)
IN CHINESE
5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms (number 5)
3 Sovereigns and 5 Emperors 三皇五帝 五代十國
Huaxia 华夏 Keyword: JIN 晋
Sui 隋
Pre-Chinese 3 Kingdoms 三國
Tang 唐 Jin 晋
Shang 商
Northern Southern Dynasties 南北朝
(upheaval 2)
Zhou 周 10 Kingdoms – Barbarians founded by 五胡
Song 宋 6 Dynasties and 16 Kingdoms (number 6)
Imperial 六代十六國
Yuan 元 Keyword: LIAO 遼
Qin 秦
6 Dynasties
Ming 明
Han 漢 16 Kingdoms – 5 Barbarians
Qing 清
(upheaval 1)

https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/Chinese_Customs/Chinese_Dynasties.htm
 Grey – pre-China

IMPERIAL DYNASTIES Yellow – main dynasty

Green – major unification
Red – conquest dynasty
• Spring and
Pre- Autumn
Imperia ZHOU QIN
• Warring
l
States

• 3 Kingdoms
6• Jin Dynasty
5 Dynasties 10
HAN Dynastie
• 16 Kingdoms SUI TANG
s Northern and Kingdoms
Southern Dynasties

• Liao YUA
SONG MING QING
•Jin N
Altaic (Proto-Mongolic, Tungusic (Mongolian,
Xianbei, Wuhuan Turkic Yenisleian, Tibetian
early Turkic) Manchurian)

Xiongnu Di

Qiang
 CONQUEST DYNASTIES
(ANCIENT NOMADIC TRIBES FROM THE
STEPPE)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khitan_people

JURCHEN (Manchurian), 5 Barbarians

HAN (Xiongnu, Xianbei – Huns?)
• JIN

TANG KHITAN (para-Mongolian – before Mongolians)

• LIAO

YUAN Kublai Khan, grandson of (Mongolian)

Attila the Hun (Xiongnu?) – Turkic
QING AISIN (“gold”) GIORO (Manchurian) (pillage and flee)
Genghis Khan – Mongolian (strategist)
NAMES FOR CHINA
Names for Chinese People Exonyms (Outsiders call us this)
Huaren – 中华 + 华夏 (origin of China – Qin dynastiy
Chinese civilization)
Sino – Sin Greek
Hanren (first major thriving dynasty for
northern Chinese) Zhongguo -Zhou, pre-Qin

Tangren (first major thriving dynasty for Cathay – Khitai

southern Chinese – people migrate to
the South during upheaval)
ANCIENT CAPITALS OF CHINA
"Four Great Ancient Capitals of China"
中国四大古都 ; 中國四大古都 TRIVIA!
Xi’an = Chang’an, 常安 ( 陕西 ) Guangzhou
 Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang (all of the big ones)  Nationalist ROC
 Nanyue Kingdom
Luoyang, Henan 洛阳 ( 河南 )
 Xia, Shang, late Han  Southern Ming
 Cradle of civilization (start of China)
 Mandarin
Nanjing ( 苏州 )
 Ming, Qing dynasties
 Six Dynasties, late Tang, Ming

Beijing
 Liao, Jin, Ming, Qing, first choice for ROC capital