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CHINESE HISTORY TIMELINE 1766-1122 BC Shang Dynasty City-state confederation ruled by priest-kings 1122-256 Zhou Dynasty Mandate of Heaven proclaimed Feudal government Warring States Confucius (551-479) 221-207 Qin Dynasty Reunification, creation of Legalist empire Centralized bureaucracy replaces feudalism 206 BC- 220 AD Han Dynasty Mandate of Heaven reaffirmed Confucianism made state philosophy Military expansion into Central Asia Tribute system created for foreign relations 220-589 (Dark Ages) North-South division North ruled by non-Chinese invaders 589-618 Sui Dynasty Reunification of empire 618-907 Tang Dynasty Military expansion into Central Asia Civil service exams main path to government office 960-1270 Song Dynasty North ruled by non-Chinese invaders 1279-1368 Yuan Dynasty Mongol conquest and rule 1368-1644 Ming Dynasty Chinese restoration Great Wall built 1644-1911 Qing Dynasty Manchu conquest and rule 1839-42 Opium War 1851-64 Taiping Rebellion 1860s-90s Self-Strengthening Movement 1885 Sino-French War over Vietnam 1894 Sino-Japanese War over Korea 1898 Kang Youwei’s 100 Days Reform 1900 Boxer Uprising 1905 Sun Yat-sen forms Revolutionary Alliance 1911 Republican Revolution 1912-1949 Republic of China Yuan Shikai Presidency 1913 Yuan establishes military dictatorship 1915 Yuan imperial restoration 1916 Civil War 1916-26 Warlord period 1919 May 4 th Incident 1921 Founding of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 1922 Nationalist Party revitalization by Sun Yat-sen United Front with CCP 1925 Death of Sun Yat-sen (Succession by Chiang Kai-shek) 1926-27 Nationalist reunification Purge of CCP 1931 Japanese seize Manchuria 1934 CCP Long March to north China 1936 Kidnapping of Chiang Kai-shek Second United Front with CCP 1937 Outbreak of war with Japan 1941 Pearl Harbor 1945 Japanese defeat 1946-49 Nationalist-CCP Civil War 1949 Chiang retreats to Taiwan Founding of Peoples Republic of China 1949-Present Peoples Republic Mao Zedong in charge 1957 Great Leap Forward, economic collapse 1966-76 Cultural Revolution 1976 Death of Mao Zedong 1977 Deng Xiaoping begins to reverse Maoist system 1997 Death of Deng Xiaoping .

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