Timeline Projects (Chapters 16-19)
Directions: Label and illustrate a timeline with the events listed below for Imperial China during the period from 220 to 1644 C.E. China’s unification (the Qin dynasty) took place from 221-206 B.C.E.
Events:
Unification of China under the Emperor of Qin . . .
Fall of Han dynasty and breakup of China . . .
Rise of Tang dynasty . . .
Rise of Song dynasty . . .
Mongol capture of China’s capital . . .
Restoration of Chinese rule under Ming dynasty . . .
Beginning of Song dynasty . . .
Introduction of new kind of rice in China . . .
Minting of copper coins by Song government . . .
Recording the formula for gunpowder . . .
Wool-block printing of multi-colored paper money by Song printers . . .
Seizure of Buddhist property by Tang government . . .
Flourishing sea trade during Song dynasty . . .
Kublai Khan becomes emperor of China . . .
Maritime expeditions of Zheng He . . .
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