In 207 BC, the army led by Liu Bang conquered the troops of the Qin Dynasty at Julu (currently Hebei Province) and in 206 BC he seized Xianyang (the capital city of the Qin Dynasty), thus ending the rule of Qin.
After four years of war between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu (Chu-Han War), Liu Bang [...]
Qin Dynasty was the first unified, multi-national and power-centralized state in the Chinese history. It lasted from 221 BC to 206 BC. Although surviving only 15 years, the dynasty held an important role in Chinese history and it exerted great influence on the following dynasties. Only two emperors, Yingzheng – Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the [...]
The Zhou Dynasty is probably the dynasty that reigned for the longest period not only of all Chinese dynasties, but of the whole world.
The Zhou Dynasty originated from the Zhou clan whose existence stretches back into history. By the 11th Century BC, the Zhou Clan had become increasingly powerful and had extended throughout the present [...]
map of Shang Dynasty
The Shang Dynasty, also called Yin after the last capital near modern Anyang, is the second of the Three Holy Dynasties(Xia, Shang, and Zhou) of Chinese historiography . It is said to have been founded by Tang, a man of great virtue and wisdom, overthrew the decadent emperor Jie, the last of [...]
map of Xia Dynasty
For many years, the Xia Dynasty was thought to be a part of a myth that the Chinese tell as part of their history. It is the first dynasty to be described in ancient historical records such as Records of the Grand Historian and Bamboo Annals.
The Xia were agrarian people, with bronze [...]
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