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  1. History of China

    Account of past events in the Chinese civilisation

    The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Yellow River valley, which along with the Yangtze basin constitutes the geographic core of the Chinese cultural sphere. China maintains a rich diversity of ethnic and linguistic people groups. The traditional lens for viewing Chinese history is the dynastic cycle: imperial dynasties rise and fall, and are ascribed certain achievements. Throughout pervades the narrative that Chinese civilization can be traced as an unbroken thread many thousands of years into the past, making it one of the cradles of civilization. Wikipedia

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  2. hup.harvard.edu

    History of Imperial China This six-volume series, overseen by General Editor Timothy Brook, traces the history of Imperial China from the beginnings of unification under the Qin emperor in the third century BCE to the end of the Qing dynasty in the early twentieth century.
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  4. education.nationalgeographic.org

    Jul 24, 2024From the mythic origins of the Chinese dynasties to the eventual fall of the last imperial house, Chinese emperors have long fought to maintain control over one of the most enduring empires on Earth. The rise and fall of various imperial families oversaw waves of innovation and cultural advancement.
  5. chinahighlights.com

    The Qing Dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China's history and ruled by the Manchu people of the northeast. The two most famous emperors of the Qing Dynasty were Emperor Kangxi (r. 1661-1772) and Emperor Qianlong (r. 1735-96).
  6. britannica.com

    Jan 13, 2025History of China - The Six Dynasties: By the end of the 2nd century ce the Han empire had virtually ceased to exist. The repression of the Daoist rebellions of the Yellow Turbans and related sects marked the beginning of a period of unbridled warlordism and political chaos, from which three independent centers of political power emerged. In the north all authority had passed into the hands of ...
  7. degruyter.com

    After the collapse of the Han dynasty, China divided along a north-south line. Lewis traces the changes that underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw China's geographic redefinition, more engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, literary and social developments, and the introduction of new religions.
  8. There are no manuals of historical method for the student of Chinese history in a Western language although the section on China by O.B. Van der Sprenkel in Handbook of Oriental History, ed. C.H. Philips (London, 1951, 1963) contains useful brief discussions of Chinese names and titles, place names and geographical terms, calendars and systems of dating and dynasties and rulers (pp. 155-216 ...
  9. simple.wikipedia.org

    Imperial China is a period of Chinese history. It lasted over 2,000 years. It began with Qin Shi Huang 's uniting of China under the Qin dynasty in 221 BC. It ended with the overthrow of the Qing dynasty in 1911. Throughout this period, many features of Chinese civilization spread throughout all of China. These included Confucianism, standardized testing, standardized weights and counting ...
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