Examples of dynasty in the following topics:
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- The Shang Dynasty (also
called the Yin Dynasty) succeeded the Xia Dynasty and was followed by the Zhou
Dynasty.
- Jie, the last king of the Xia Dynasty, the first Chinese dynasty, was overthrown c. 1760 BCE by Cheng Tang.
- While scholars still debate whether the Xia Dynasty actually existed, almost no one doubts that the Shang Dynasty existed.
- The Shang Dynasty is therefore generally considered China's first historical dynasty.
- The Shang Dynasty is the oldest
Chinese dynasty supported by archaeological finds.
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- The Second Intermediate Period (c. 1650 - 1550 BCE) spanned the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Dynasties and was a period in which decentralized rule split Egypt between the Theban-based Seventeenth Dynasty in Upper Egypt and the Sixteenth Dynasty under the Hyksos in the north.
- They would also conquer the Sixteenth Dynasty in Thebes and a local dynasty in Abydos (see below).
- This dynasty ruled the Theban region in Upper Egypt for 70 years, while the armies of the Fifteenth Dynasty advanced against southern enemies and encroached on Sixteenth territory.
- The Abydos Dynasty was a short-lived local dynasty that ruled over part of Upper Egypt and was contemporaneous with the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Dynasties, c. 1650-1600 BCE.
- Thebes was the capital of many of the Sixteenth Dynasty pharaohs.
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- The Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE), though short-lived, is known for its military strength and its unification of China.
- The Qin Dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of China, lasting only 15 years from 221 to 206 BCE.
- Despite its military strength, however, the Dynasty did not last long.
- Picture of Qin Dynasty Arcuballista Bolts shown with Regular Handheld Crossbow Bolts, 5th- 3rd century B.C.
- Describe the establishment of the first imperial dynasty of China, and the architecture, literature, weaponry and sculpture it produced.
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- After the final ruler became corrupt, he was overthrown by Cheng Tang, who founded the Shang Dynasty.
- According to this history, the last of the great Five Emperors, Emperor Shun, left his throne to Yu the Great, who founded China's first dynasty, the Xia Dynasty.
- This led to his overthrow in c. 1760 BCE by Cheng Tang, who founded a new dynasty, the Shang Dynasty, in the Huang River Valley.
- Many argue that the Zhou Dynasty, which ruled China much later, invented the idea of the Xia Dynasty to support their claim that China could only and had always been ruled by one ruler.
- This hanging scroll shows Yu the Great, as imagined by Song Dynasty painter Ma Lin.
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- The Qin Dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of China, lasting from 221 to 206 BCE.
- The Dynasty followed the Warring States Period and resulted in the unification of China, ending 15 years later at the introduction of the Han Dynasty.
- Architecture from the previous Warring States Period had several definitive aspects which carried into the Qin Dynasty.
- These walls would be expanded and rebuilt multiple times by later dynasties, also in response to threats from the north.
- The initial construction of what would become the Great Wall of China began under Qin Shihuang during the Qin Dynasty.
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- During the Six Dynasties period (220–589 CE), people began to write about art and appreciate painting for its own beauty.
- The Six Dynasties period (220–589 CE) takes its name from the six ruling dynasties of the era: the Eastern Wu Dynasty (222–280), Jin Dynasty (265–420), Liu Song Dynasty (420–479), Southern Qi Dynasty (479–502), Liang Dynasty (502–557), and Chen Dynasty (557–589).
- During the Six Dynasties period, people began to write about art and appreciate painting for its own beauty.
- The painting Luoshenfu by artist Gu Kaizhi, painted during the Six Dynasties Period.
- Summarize the Six Principles of painting according to Xie He and draw a timeline of the eras within the Six Dynasties