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  2. List of Chinese leaders - Wikipedia

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    Huang Fu: Post abolished: 1925 Xu Shiying: 1926 Jia Deyao (acting) Hu Weide (acting) Yan Huiqing: Du Xigui (acting) V.K. Wellington Koo Wei-chün (acting) 1927 Pan Fu (acting) Post abolished: 1928 Tan Yankai: 1929 1930 T. V. Soong Tse-Ven: Chiang Kai-shek: 1931 Chen Mingshu: 1932 Sun Fo: Wang Jingwei: 1933 1934 1935 Chiang Kai-shek: 1936 1937 ...

  3. Qin dynasty - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 February 2025. First imperial dynasty in China (221–206 BC) This article is about the first imperial Chinese dynasty. Not to be confused with the Qing dynasty, the final such dynasty. "Qin Empire" redirects here. For other uses, see Qin Empire (disambiguation). Qin 秦 221–206 BC Heirloom Seal of ...

  4. Timeline of Chinese history - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of Chinese history. This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.

  5. Timeline of the Warring States and the Qin dynasty - Wikipedia

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    Year Date Event 698 BC: Chuzi I is assassinated and succeeded by Duke Wu of Qin: 688 BC: The county (縣 xiàn) is mentioned for the first time in Qin [4]: 678 BC: Duke Wu of Qin dies and is succeeded by Duke De of Qin

  6. Yellow River civilization - Wikipedia

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    One of the "four major civilizations of the ancient world", it is often included in textbooks of East Asian history, but the idea of including only the Yellow River civilization as one of the four biggest ancient civilizations has become outdated as a result of the discovery of other early cultures in China, such as the Yangtze and Liao ...

  7. Dynasties of China - Wikipedia

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    For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.Beginning with the establishment of dynastic rule by Yu the Great c. 2070 BC, [1] and ending with the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor in AD 1912, Chinese historiography came to organize itself around the succession of monarchical dynasties.

  8. List of Chinese monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Imagined portrait of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of a unified China. Depiction from the Qing dynasty. The Chinese monarchs were the rulers of China during Ancient and Imperial periods. [a] The earliest rulers in traditional Chinese historiography are of mythological origin, and followed by the Xia dynasty of highly uncertain and contested ...

  9. Zhou dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Zhou dynasty (/ dʒ oʊ / JOH) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (c. 1046 – 771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military control over territories centered on the Wei River valley and North China Plain.