HISTORY OF Chi na

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period ( 907 – 960 CE)

For 50 years, between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the establishment of the Song Dynasty, there was internal strife and chaos

Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1279)

This dynasty saw the reunification of China under Emperor Taizu. Major inventions included gunpowder, printing, paper money and the compass. This dynasty fell to the Mongols during the invasion

Yuan Dynasty ( 1279 – 1368)

The Yuan Dynasty was established by the Mongols and ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan. He was the first non- Chinese ruler to take control of the entire country

Ming Dynasty ( 1368 – 1644)

This dynasty saw a huge growth in China’s population and general economic prosperity. However, the reign of the Ming emperors eventually collapsed due to the invasion of the Manchus. During this period, the Great Wall of China was completed, and the construction of the Forbidden City, the imperial residence in Beijing, began

Qing Dynasty ( 1644 – 1912)

The last imperial dynasty in China, the Qings were made up of ethnic Manchus from the northern Chinese region of Manchuria. The abdication of the last emperor of China brought an end to the thousand-year imperial rule of China and marked the beginning of republic and socialist rule Lord Macartney saluting the Qianlong Emperor, wikipedia.org

A painting of a 14th-century Yuan Dynasty junk, wikipedia.org

The Ming Tombs, located 50 kilometres north of Beijing; the site was chosen by the Yongle Emperor, wikipedia.org

宋太祖 A portrait of Song Taizu ( , 927–976, r. 960–976), wikipedia.org

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, 923 CE, wikipedia.org