This page provides information on selected topics in Chinese History ---- Created by undergraduate students at Marquette University, each document contains: historical data, links to relevant web sites, and short bibliography
Prehistory
Shang Dynasty (1766-1027 BC)
Zhou Dynasty (1027-221 BC)
Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC)
Han Dynasty (206 BC-221 AD)
Three Kingdoms (220-280)
Sui Dynasty (581-617)
Tang Dynasty (617-907)
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Republican China (1911-17)
Warlord Period (1917-27)
Nationalist Period (1927-49)
People's Republic (1949- )
Boxer Rebellion Boxers Revisited Chinese Ceramics Chiang Kai-shek Confucius vs. Machiavelli Cultural Revolution Dharma Deng Xiaoping's Reforms Empress Cixi Feng Shui Footbinding Genghis Khan Genghis Khan Revisited "Go" (Wei Qi) Great Leap Forward KMT on Formosa Korean War Koxinga Lin Biao Long March Mao Zedong Manchuguo Maoism Marxism Matteo Ricci May 4th Movement Midway, Battle of One China Policy One Hundred Flowers Opium Rape of Nanking Red Guards Russo-Japanese War Taoism: Core Tenets Taoism: More Tenets Taoism & Chinese Culture Tiananmen Incident (1976) Tibet Twenty-one Demands Wang Wei Whampoa Military Academy Zhou Enlai Zhuge Liang