During the Middle Ages, Chinese rulers who supported Confucian ideas brought peace, order, and growth to China The interaction of different societies brings about the development of new ideas, art, and technology Farming and trade brought wealth to China

The Most Powerful Dynasties Of Medieval China

Under the Ming, China was the ‘Great Ming,’ under the Qing, China was the ‘Great Qing,’ and so on Yet on unofficial documents, the name ‘Zhongguo’ lived on The full given name of China today is ‘Zhonghua Renmin Gong He Guo,’ or People’s Republic of China

Medieval Europe was unknown to most of China and the far east Those who ventured in person to Europe realized quickly that China was far advanced technologically They believed that Europe didn’t have anything to teach them Medieval Europe was unknown to most of China and the far east

Papermaking, printing, gunpowder and the compass – the four great inventions of ancient China-are significant contributions of the Chinese nation to world civilization China was the first nation to invent paper

The Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms

• China: Hou Liang period China during the period of the Hou (Later) Liang dynasty (
• China: Hou Tang period China during the period of the Hou (Later) Tang dynasty (
• China: Hou Jin and Hou Han periods
• China: Hou Zhou period

The era is also known as the period of the Ten Kingdoms (Shiguo) because 10 regimes dominated separate regions of South China during the same period The first of the five dynasties was the Hou (Later) Liang, which was established by the rebel leader Zhu Wen after he usurped the Tang throne in 907

At different times China was called the Middle or Central Kingdom, implying its superior role, the Centre of Civilisation or even the World With such self confidence and collective sentiment China was prone to isolation

They were the Wu (, the Nan (Southern) Tang (, the Nan Ping (, the Chu (, the Qian (Former) Shu ( and Hou (Later) Shu (, the Min (, the Nan Han (, and the Wu-Yue (, the latter near the Yangtze delta; the one northern state was the Bei (Northern

The Major Dynasties of China: Part 1

• Shang Dynasty (cBC)
• Zhou Dynasty (BC)
• Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220)
• Sui Dynasty (/Tang Dynasty (
• Song Dynasty (
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• The second of these two articles on Chinese dynasties may be found here

Tang dynasty

the Imperial House of Japan

An old missionary student of China once remarked that Chinese history is “remote, monotonous, obscure, and-worst of all-there is too much of it” China has the longest continuous history of any country in the world—years of written history

Queen Elizabeth II

Egbert (Ecgherht) was the first monarch to establish a stable and extensive rule over all of Anglo-Saxon England After returning from exile at the court of Charlemagne in 802, he regained his kingdom of Wessex Following his conquest of Mercia in 827, he controlled all of England south of the Humber

There’s a fair few, but here are some of the most famous

• William the Conqueror (
• Henry V (
• Henry VIII (
• James VI (
• Victoria (
• Elizabeth II (1952-)

The Most Famous and Powerful Queens in Ancient History

• Hatshepsut – Queen of Ancient Egypt
• Nefertiti – Queen of Ancient Egypt
• Tomyris – Queen of the Massagetae
• Arsinoe II – Queen of Ancient Thrace and Egypt
• Cleopatra VII – Queen of Ancient Egypt
• Boudicca – Queen of the Iceni
• Zenobia – Queen of Palmyra