EVENTS IN CHINA’S HISTORY

Make the time line, or time bar, about one half inch thick.
Label the centuries in scale at even intervals.
Notice that the dates of dynasties are in ranges.
Show the period of each dynasty along the time bar.
Enter the events for each dynasty.
Include two or more illustrations.

Dynasties	Dates	Memorable Events
(pre-dynastic period)	2700 BC	Silk was made
Shang Dynasty	1700-1027 BC	Earliest written records Bronze vessels were made
Zhou Dynasty	1027-771 BC	Books of poetry
Spring and Autumn Period Warring States Period	770-221 BC	Feudal Kingdoms Taoism (Daoism): teachings of Lao Tzu Confucianism: teachings of Confucius
Qin Dynasty	221-207 BC	Great Wall was first built
Han Dynasty	206 BC - AD 220	Buddhism spread from India
The Six Dynasties	220-581	Feudal kingdoms
Sui Dynasty	589-618	Porcelain was made
Tang Dynasty	618-907	Period of great art, literature, and technology
Song Dynasty	960-1279	Civil service exam system, & new Confucianism.
Yuan Dynasty: Mongols ruled	1279-1368	Marco Polo visited Kublai Khan Voyages of Zheng Ho
Ming Dynasty	1368-1644	Period of prosperity Addition of Taiwan & Tibet
Qing Dynasty: Manchus ruled	1644-1911	Clashes with European powers
People's Republic of China	1949-present	Communist revolution Separation of Taiwan

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