Kublai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty – Mongols in China
Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty Who were the Mongols? In 1276 AD, when the Mongols invaded and took over China, they had already been ruling a large empire for about [...]
Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty Who were the Mongols? In 1276 AD, when the Mongols invaded and took over China, they had already been ruling a large empire for about [...]
Hung-Wu Emperor (National Palace Museum, Taipei) When did the Ming Dynasty get started? After the Hungwu Emperor threw the Mongols out in 1368 AD, he established the Ming Dynasty. But [...]
Chinese history: The Yangtze River, China When did people first come to China? Modern humans first came to China from Central Asia and/or India about 50,000 BC. These were Stone Age [...]
Eastern Zhou man fighting a dragon (ca. 300 BC) Central Asian cavalry attacks In 771 BC, skillful fighters from the northwest invaded Zhou Dynasty China; they may have been the [...]
Rice-cooking project: A bowl of brown rice In China, people started to farm and eat rice in the Stone Age, about 8000 BC. You probably eat a lot of rice too, but [...]
A Zhou Dynasty bronze tripod How were the Western Zhou like the Assyrians? How were they not the same? The Western Zhou dynasty ruled China at about the same time [...]
To review and make sure you know the basics of the history of China, try playing this Chinese History Bingo game. Copy the board onto a piece of notebook paper, and let [...]
Horse and carriage (Sorrento, Italy) Thanks to freephotooftheday.com Under the Shang Dynasty, about 2000 BC, people in China began to ride in chariots pulled by horses. See if you can [...]
Three Kingdoms China: The tomb of Liu Bei The Han Dynasty collapses The Han Dynasty collapsed about 220 AD. For three hundred years after that, China was divided into three [...]
A Zhou Dynasty bronze tripod Chariots in Zhou Dynasty China The Zhou conquered the Shang Dynasty about 1100 BC (the traditional date is 1122 BC). The Zhou said that the [...]