1. HISTORY 历史 li shi

2. What is History?  History is the study of the past  It looks at things that have happened, and why  Because this happened, this happened

3. The Four Great Chinese Inventions 四大发明 sì dà fā míng 四大发明 sìdàfāmíng  Compass 指南车 zhǐ nán chē 指南车zhǐnánchē  Gunpowder 火药 huǒ yào 火药huǒyào  Paper 纸 zhǐ 纸zhǐ  Printing 印刷术 yìn shuā shù 印刷术yìnshuāshù

4. COMPASS

5. GUN POWDER

6. PAPER

7. PRINTING PRESS

9. Chinese Dynasties  Most of Chinese history take place in a thing called a ‘Dynasty’  A Dynasty is a family that rules for many years  There are 13 major Dynasties in Chinese history

10. Ancient History  历史久远 历史久远  lì shǐ jiǔ yuǎn lìshǐjiǔyuǎn  ancient history ancienthistory  China is one of the oldest places in the world

12. Xia Dynasty 夏朝

13. Xia Dynasty 2100-1600 BC

14. Xia Dynasty  The Xia Dynasty was in a small area of land

16. Shang Dynasty 商朝

17. Shang Dynasty 1600-1046 BC

18. Shang Dynasty 商朝 商朝  The Shang Dynasty moved out from where the Xia Dynasty started  The Shang began using Oracle Bones to make the first Chinese characters

20. Zhou Dynasty 周朝

21. Zhou Dynasty 1046-256 BC

22. Zhou Dynasty 周朝 周朝  The Zhou Dynasty began to live by the Yellow River  Their Capital was Xi’an  They went as far south as the Yangtze River

23. Spring and Autumn Period 春秋時代  After the Zhou Dynasty the Spring and Autumn Period Began  Confucianism and Taoism begin  The Capital is moved to Luoyang

25. Qin Dynasty 秦朝

26. Qin Dynasty 221-206 BC

27. Qin Dynasty 秦朝 秦朝  The Qin began the Great Wall  They began to write down laws, and set down a common written language  They had common currency (money) and standard weights and measurements

29. Han Dynasty 汉朝

30. Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD

31. Han Dynasty 汉朝  First meeting with the West because of the Silk Road

32. Xia Dynasty 夏朝

33. Shang Dynasty 商朝

34. Zhou Dynasty 周朝

35. Qin Dynasty 秦朝

36. Han Dynasty 汉朝

37. Modern History  近代史 近代史  jìn dài shǐ jìndàishǐ  History that is not as old, but still old

39. Three Kingdoms 三国 SānSān guóguó

40. Three Kingdoms 220-280

41. The Three Kingdoms 三國  Bloodiest part of Chinese History  Lots of wars  Battle of Red Cliffs

43. Jin Dynasty 晋朝 JìnJìn cháocháo

44. Jin Dynasty 265-420

45. Jin Dynasty 晋朝  Peace after war

47. North & South Dynasty 北和南朝

48. North & South Dynasty 420-581

49. North & South Dynasty 南北朝 南北朝  Times of civil war  Lots of art

51. Sui Dynasty 随朝

52. Sui Dynasty 581-618

53. Sui Dynasty 隋朝 隋朝  Country came back together after 400 years of war

55. Tang Dynasty 唐朝

56. Tang Dynasty 618-907

57. Tang Dynasty 唐朝 唐朝  Capital city of Xi’an was the largest in the world  Families given fields based on need, not wealth

59. Song Dynasty 宋朝

60. Song Dynasty 960-1279

61. Song Dynasty 宋朝  First in world to use paper money  Education important

62. Three Kingdoms

63. Jin Dynasty

64. North & South Dynasty

65. Sui Dynasty

66. Tang Dynasty

67. Song Dynasty

68. Recent History  This is history that is not very old

70. Yuan Dynasty 元朝

71. Yuan Dynasty 1271-1368

72. Yuan Dynasty 元朝  Marco Polo came from the West  Beijing became Capital

74. Ming Dynasty 明朝

75. Ming Dynasty 1368-1644

76. Ming Dynasty 明朝  Lots of trade, especially with Japan  Large navy of ships built  Last building of Great Wall

78. Qing Dynasty 清朝

79. Qing Dynasty 1644-1911

80. Qing Dynasty 清朝  First complete dictionary  West began to occupy China  Opium wars  After 4,000 years, no more dynasties

82. Republic of China 民国

83. Republic of China 1912-1949

84. Republic of China  Sun Yatsen  Slavery ended  Chiang Kai-shek and KMT  Long March begins

86. People’s Republic of China (PRC) 中花人民共和国

87. People’s Republic of China (PRC) 1949-Present