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Shang Dynasty

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Southern and Northern Dynasties. 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms. The Shang dynasty was once considered a myth, until pharmacists in China discovered evidence of the Shang in oracle bones they were selling as dragon bones. The bones were first noticed in 1899 and by the 1920's were traced to an early Shang capital. Further archaeological digs were not made until the 1950? Products from eight squares of land were used by the peasants, with crops from the ninth square given as payment for use of the land to th...

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Jin Dynasty (265-420)

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Southern and Northern Dynasties. 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms. Jin Dynasty was historically divided into two periods. These are the Western Jin (265-316) and Eastern Jin (317-420). Luoyang became the capital city of Western Jin and Jiankang, which is now presently known as Nanjing, became the capital city of Eastern Jin. Another problem arose when Liuyuan, the chief of Xiongnu tribe crowned himself as the king of Han. He organized his army and staged attacks on the capital of the Western Jin. Luoy...S arm...

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Three Kingdoms

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Southern and Northern Dynasties. 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms. The best days of the Han Dynasty was followed by a prolonged civil war. Academics referred to this period as an era of disunity known as the Six Dynasties. It started in the founding of the Wei in 220 A.D up to the conquest of the Wu by the Jin Dynasty in 280 A.D. From the above, it can be safely assumed, that the Three Kingdoms are what is left from the remnants of the crumbled Ha Dynasty. The kingdom of Wei is in the northern part of Chi...

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Ming Dynasty

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Southern and Northern Dynasties. 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms. Ancient China is well known for the rich heritages of politics, culture and art that it possesses. However, none of the Chinese events and realities can ever surpass the glory and ardor of the dynasties. These are the powerful families and leaderships of the past which canonized China into its currently celebrated state. A main focus in this dynasty was the elimination of poverty which was widespread among peasants after the former dynasty's f...

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Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)

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Southern and Northern Dynasties. 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms. The Jin Dynasty was established by Wanyan Aguda of the Jurchen tribe, which fell after the last emperor of the Liao Dynasty continuously oppressed the Jurchens. On the outset of the Jin dynasty, 9 emperors helped establish a powerful dynasty for the next 120 years. In the succeeding years, the Jin armies became more powerful and dominated various northern and southern regimes to establish their new found power in the region. Despite the shift ...

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Liao Dynasty

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Southern and Northern Dynasties. 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms. Otherwise known as the Khitan Empire, the Liao Dynasty was an empire that ruled Mongolia, Manchuria and several of Northern China from 907 to1125 BC. Its founder Yelu Abaoji, assumed the post as leader of the Khitan tribe when the dynasty before it (Tang) fell to power. The name Liao was formally adopted in 947. Politics, Economics and Culture. S of the south and the slavery system of the Bohai? Because the Liao Dynasty was the main force in t...

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Sui Dynasty

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Southern and Northern Dynasties. 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms. Sui Dynasty (581-618) 589 A.D. is the year when the Northern and Southern Dynasties ended. Although past regimes, including Northern and Southern Dynasties dreamt unity for China, the result would always be disunity and chaos among its people. North and South China just seemed so impossible to unite. Emperor Wen founded his capital at Chang? An, presently known as Xian City in Shaanxi Province. Immediately after doing this, Emperor Wen pla...

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Tang Dynasty

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Southern and Northern Dynasties. 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms. The Tang Dynasty was founded by the Li family. An aristocratic official named Li Yuan, stationed in Taiyan, saw that Emperor Yang of the Sui was starting to lose grip of his empire. After assuming control of the Chang'an, now known as Xian City, Li Yuan announced the retirement of Emperor Yang who he declared will be replaced by the Emperor's own son, Emperor Gong in 617 A.D. The new emperor was set in solving the internal problems of his empi...

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Qin Dynasty

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Southern and Northern Dynasties. 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms. By conquering much of the western states during the Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC), the Qin came to power in 221 B.C. The effect is somewhat dramatic. It unified much of China for the first time. Qin sometimes was referred to as Ch'in. Later, perhaps, this was corrupted prolonged oral translation and eventually, gave birth to the name of China. The Qin made many advancement that set the political administrative tradition for l...By ce...