The Qing Dynasty also known as the Manchu Dynasty, was the last ruling dynasty of China, until the founding of the Republic of China in 1911.
Before the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, there was a regime called ´Latter Jin´ that had been set up by Nurhaci, leader of the Man Ethnic Minority. Actually, Man people [...]
With a total of 16 emperors, the Ming Dynasty lasted 276 years, from 1368 to 1644.
In the late period of the Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368), a peasant´s uprising – Red Turban (army with red scarf in the head) uprising broke out. In 1352 when the rebel army captured Haozhou (currently Fengyang in Anhui Province), [...]
Since the late period of the 12th century, an ethnic minority group called Mongolian had grown up in the northern areas of China. In 1204, one of the leaders of the Mongolian tribes, Tie Muzhen, unified all the internal tribes. Two years later, Tie Muzhen was honored as Genghis Khan (meaning – the ruler of [...]
Starting in 960 and ending in 1279, the Song Dynasty which followed the Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten States and preceded the Yuan Dynasty in China consisted of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1126) and the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). With a prosperous economy and radiant culture, the Song Dynasty was considered as [...]
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907), China entered another period of segmentation. In north China, five stronger dynasties appeared one after the other, which were Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han and Later Zhou. Comparatively, in south China, nine other smaller separate regimes coexisted, which were Wu, Southern Tang, [...]
Tang Dynasty followed Sui Dynasty and preceded the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period in China.From its establishment in 618 to its downfall in 907, the Tang Dynasty is the most prosperous dynasty in Chinese history.
Establishment
At the end of Sui Dynasty (581 – 618), the whole country fell into chaos due to the tyranny [...]
Started from 581 and ended in 618, the Sui Dynasty lasted for only 38 years and had only three emperors.
At the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (386 – 589), the whole nation had undergone a long period of division. People who had endured sufferings of war were longing for the unification but neither [...]
After the decline of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 – 420), the regime and territory of China could not avoid a fate of being split. Started from 420 and ended in 589, the Northern and Southern Dynasties were a period when the whole nation was divided into the Northern Dynasties (386 – 581) and the [...]
portrait of Sima Yan
The Jin Dynasty, one of the Six Dynasties, followed the Three Kingdoms period and preceded the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China. The dynasty was founded by the Sima family.
The Jin Dynasty consists of two dynasties, the Western Jin Dynasty (265 -316) and the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 – 420). The Western [...]
portraits of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan (from left to right)
The Three Kingdoms period is a period in the history of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty emperors. In a strict academic sense it refers to [...]