Medieval China
626AD
Tai Zong founds the Tang dynasty
705
Empress Wu's brief Zhou
dynasty is overthrown
841
Buddhism is supressed and
4,600 monasteries wer burnt
907
Five Dynasties Period begins
960
Song dynasty is formed;
first Song king is Tai Zu
1115
Jurchens of Manchuria invade and form
the Jin dynasty
1275
Mongol invaders cross the Yang-tze
River and massacred everyone in Chang Zhou
1279
Song dynasty falls to the Mongols
1275-95
Marco Polo spends 20 years in Mongol ruled China
1328
Ming dynasty established by Zhu Yuan
Zhang
1644
Ming are overthrown by the Manchurian
Qing dynasty
1689
China and Russia sign the Treaty of
Nertschinsk
1696
Mongolia falls
1720
China gains Tibet
1840-2
China loses the Opium War to Britain, and Hong Kong
is leased to Britain for
100 years
1912
Last Qing emperor, Pu Yi, is
overthrown, and a republic is formed
