Chinese Dynasties

2. was a golden age of Chinese civilization, a prosperous, stable, and creative period with significant developments in culture
5. longest-reigning orthodox dynasty of China
7. and Xianbei ethnicities respectively, are considered infiltration dynasties of China
8. recognized the preceding Yuan dynasty as a legitimate Chinese dynasty,
10. period of political disunity between the Tang and the Song
11. succeeded the Ming was ruled by ethnic Manchu people
12. Bo Yang, count eleven, including Yan and Qi but not the Northern
13. legitimate Chinese dynasty, but asserted that it had succeeded the Mandate of Heaven from the Yuan
15. imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu
17. Tang dynasty was interrupted by the __
18. series of at least twenty-nine kings reigned over
19. short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618

1. Gao was in the service of the __
3. By the 2nd century, the empire declined amidst land acquisitions, invasions, and feuding
4. Despite its military weakness, the __ is widely considered to be the high point of classical Chinese civilization
6. Eastern Jin viewed itself as a continuation of the Western Jin, and thus legitimate
9. established by the Xiongnu and Xianbei ethnicities respectively
11. Ying Zheng's establishment of __ 221 BC effectively formalized the region as an empire, rather than a state,
14. Reinventing China: Imperial Qing Ideology and the Rise of Modern Chinese National Identity in the Early Twentieth Century
16. Erlitou culture in the central plains of China