Ancient China

2. is famous for the beginnings of three major Chinese philosophies: Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism.
5. was an era of political upheaval and division in Imperial China from 907 to 979.
8. also called the Yin Dynasty, is thought to have run from 1600–1100 BCE. Tang the Great founded the dynasty.
9. were ruled by the House of Ji.
10. was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.
12. the first dynasty to use irrigation and to use oracle bones.
15. an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
16. After this Dynasty was demolished it was replaced into the Eastern Jin Dynasty
17. Plagued with political factions, the Song court eventually fell to the challenge of the Mongol invasion and was replaced by the Yuan dynasty.

1. founded by the Yelu Abaoji and ended in Yelu Yanxi.
3. lasted from 206 BCE–8/9 CE, and the later, turned eastern.
4. was known as a golden age in Chinese history, with a prolonged period of stability and prosperity.
6. was a dynastic state of China and one of the three major states that competed for supremacy over China in the Three Kingdoms period
7. from 220 to 280 AD was the tripartite division of China among the dynastic states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu.
11. was an imperial dynasty of China during the Northern and Southern dynasties era of Chinese history.
13. first ancient economy, where paper currency, known at the time as Jiaochao, was used as the predominant medium of exchange.
14. lasted from 1600 BC until 1046 BC, the Later Liang considered itself to be a legitimate dynasty.