Kiinan historia
Kiinan neoliittinen aika
Kiinan pronssikausi
Xia-dynastia
Shang-dynastia
Zhou-dynastia
Konfutse
Tao Te Ching
Legalismi
Qin-dynastia
Han-dynastia
Jin-dynastia
Entinen Qin
Sui-dynastia
Länsi-Xia
Jurchen-dynastia
Yuan-dynastia
Ming-dynastia
Qing-dynastia
Taipingin kapina
Bokserien kapina
Kiinan tasavalta
liitteet
hahmoja
viittauksia
Vieraile kaupassa
Kiinan neoliittinen aika
ChinaKiinan pronssikausi
Sanxingdui, Guanghan, Deyang,Xia-dynastia
Anyi, Nanchang, Jiangxi, ChinaKiinan Xia-dynastia (noin 2070 - n. 1600 eaa. on vanhin kolmesta dynastiasta, jotka on kuvattu muinaisissa historiallisissa asiakirjoissa, kuten Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian ja Bamboo Annals. Länsimaiset tutkijat pitävät dynastiaa yleisesti myyttisenä, mutta Kiinassa se yhdistetään tavallisesti Erlitoun varhaisen pronssikauden paikkaan, joka kaivettiin Henanissa vuonna 1959. Koska Eritousta tai missään muussa samanaikaisessa paikassa ei kaivettu kirjoituksia, ei ole mitään keinoa todistaa, oliko Xia-dynastia koskaan ollut olemassa. Joka tapauksessa Erlitoun paikassa oli poliittinen organisoitumisen taso, joka ei olisi ristiriidassa myöhemmissä teksteissä tallennettujen Xia-legendojen kanssa. Mikä tärkeintä, Erlitou-paikalla on varhaisimmat todisteet eliittistä, joka suoritti rituaaleja valettujen pronssiastioiden avulla. Shang ja Zhou hyväksyivät myöhemmin.
Shang-dynastia
Anyang, Henan, ChinaZhou-dynastia
Luoyang, Henan, ChinaKevät ja syyskausi
Xun County, Hebi, Henan, ChinaKonfutse
ChinaSotivien valtioiden kausi
ChinaTao Te Ching
ChinaLegalismi
ChinaQin-dynastia
Xianyang, Shaanxi, Chinahan-dynastia
Chang'An, Xi'An, Shaanxi, ChinBuddhalaisuus saapuu Kiinaan
ChinaCai Lun keksii Paperin
Luoyang, Henan, ChinaKolme kuningaskuntaa
ChinaJin-dynastia
Luoyang, Henan, ChinaKuusitoista kuningaskuntaa
ChinaEntinen Qin
Chang'An, Xi'An, Shaanxi, ChinPohjoiset ja eteläiset dynastiat
ChinaSui-dynastia
Chang'An, Xi'An, Shaanxi, ChinTang-dynastia
Chang'An, Xi'An, Shaanxi, ChinViiden dynastian ja kymmenen kuningaskunnan kausi
ChinaLiao-dynastia
Bairin Left Banner, Chifeng, ISong-dynastia
Kaifeng, Henan, ChinaLänsi-Xia
Yinchuan, Ningxia, ChinaJurchen-dynastia
Acheng District, Harbin, HeiloYuan-dynastia
Beijing, ChinaMing-dynastia
Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaQing-dynastia
Beijing, ChinaEnsimmäinen oopiumisota
ChinaTaipingin kapina
ChinaToinen oopiumisota
ChinaEnsimmäinen Kiinan ja Japanin sota
Liaoning, ChinaBokserien kapina
ChinaKiinan tasavalta
ChinaKiinan sisällissota
ChinaToinen Kiinan ja Japanin sota
ChinaKiinan kansantasavalta
ChinaAppendices
APPENDIX 1
How Old Is Chinese Civilization?
APPENDIX 2
Sima Qian aspired to compile history and toured around China
Sima Qian (c. 145 – c. 86 BCE) was a Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty (206 BCE – CE 220). He is considered the father of Chinese historiography for his Records of the Grand Historian, a general history of China covering more than two thousand years beginning from the rise of the legendary Yellow Emperor and the formation of the first Chinese polity to the reigning sovereign of Sima Qian's time, Emperor Wu of Han. As the first universal history of the world as it was known to the ancient Chinese, the Records of the Grand Historian served as a model for official history-writing for subsequent Chinese dynasties and the Chinese cultural sphere (Korea, Vietnam, Japan) up until the 20th century.
APPENDIX 3
2023 China Geographic Challenge
APPENDIX 4
Why 94% of China Lives East of This Line
APPENDIX 5
The History of Tea
APPENDIX 6
Chinese Ceramics, A Brief History
APPENDIX 7
Ancient Chinese Technology and Inventions That Changed The World
Characters
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