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3220 BCE

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Xia夏Shang商Western Zhou西周Eastern Zhou东周Qin秦Western Han西汉Xin新Eastern Han东汉Cao Wei曹魏Shu Han蜀汉Eastern Wu东吴Western Jin西晋Eastern Jin东晋Sui隋Tang唐Northern Song北宋Southern Song南宋Yuan元Ming明Qing清Republic of China中华民国People's Republic中华人民共和国Emperor Wu Expands the Empire汉武盛世War of the Eight Princes八王之乱Reign of Tang Taizong贞观之治An Lushan Rebellion安史之乱Kangxi's Sixty-Year Reign康熙盛世First Opium WarTaiping Rebellion太平天国Warlord Era军阀时代The Long MarchSecond Sino-Japanese War抗日战争Chinese Civil War ResumesKorean War InterventionGreat Leap ForwardCultural Revolution文化大革命Founding Era建国时代Continental Expansion大陆扩张Industrial Rise工业崛起Emergence as World Power世界强国Cold War Superpower冷战超级大国Unipolar Moment单极时刻Multipolar Transition多极转型Minoan CivilizationMycenaean GreeceClassical AthensRoman RepublicRoman EmpireByzantine EmpireYu Controls the Great FloodOracle Bone Script DevelopedBattle of MuyeMandate of Heaven Concept EstablishedBirth of ConfuciusLaozi and the Dao De JingThe Art of War WrittenWarring States Period BeginsIron Metallurgy SpreadsMencius TeachesShang Yang's Legalist ReformsHan Feizi Synthesizes LegalismQin Unifies ChinaGreat Wall Construction BeginsBurning of Books and ScholarsTerracotta Army BuiltHan Dynasty FoundedSilk Road Officially OpensConfucianism Becomes State IdeologySima Qian Completes Records of the Grand HistorianBuddhism Arrives in ChinaPaper InventedYellow Turban RebellionDong Zhuo Seizes PowerCoalition Against Dong ZhuoCao Cao Welcomes Emperor to XuchangBattle of GuanduThree Visits to the Thatched CottageBattle of Red CliffsCao Pi Usurps HanLiu Bei Declares EmpireBattle of Yiling (Xiaoting)Death of Liu BeiZhuge Liang's Southern CampaignFirst Northern ExpeditionDeath of Zhuge LiangSima Yi's CoupFall of Shu HanJin Dynasty FoundedFall of Wu - China ReunifiedSui Reunifies ChinaGrand Canal ExtendedTang Dynasty FoundedImperial Examination System FormalizedWoodblock Printing SpreadsWu Zetian Becomes EmperorXuanzang's Journey to IndiaGunpowder WeaponizedCompass Used for NavigationMovable Type Printing InventedZhu Xi Synthesizes Neo-ConfucianismJingkang IncidentMongol Conquest of SongZheng He's First VoyageForbidden City CompletedFall of the Ming DynastyQing Conquest CompleteLiterary Inquisition PeaksXinhai RevolutionLast Emperor AbdicatesRepublic of China FoundedMay Fourth MovementCommunist Party FoundedShanghai MassacreNanjing MassacrePeople's Republic FoundedNixon Visits ChinaDeath of Mao ZedongReform and Opening UpTiananmen Square ProtestsHong Kong HandoverChina Joins WTOBeijing OlympicsXi Jinping Era BeginsDeclaration of IndependenceConstitution RatifiedLouisiana PurchaseMonroe DoctrineMexican-American WarPerry Opens JapanCivil WarTranscontinental RailroadEdison Electrical SystemSpanish-American WarPanama Canal CompletedWorld War I EntryLeague of Nations ProposedNew DealPearl Harbor & WWII EntryAtomic Bombs on JapanUnited Nations FoundedTruman DoctrineNATO FoundedKorean WarIran Coup (Operation Ajax)Interstate Highway SystemSpace Race & NASACuban Missile CrisisVietnam WarMoon LandingNixon Opens ChinaCamp David AccordsReagan Military BuildupSoviet Collapse / Cold War WonGulf WarInternet Revolution9/11 AttacksAfghanistan InvasionIraq InvasionObama's 'New Beginning' SpeechBin Laden KilledLibya InterventionPivot to AsiaCrimea CrisisParis Climate AgreementTrump Elected: 'America First'January 6 Capitol AttackAfghanistan WithdrawalUkraine War LeadershipAI Revolution (ChatGPT)Trojan War (legendary)Greek Colonization BeginsFirst Olympic GamesFounding of Rome (legendary)Cleisthenes' Democratic ReformsIonian RevoltBattle of MarathonBattle of ThermopylaeBattle of SalamisFormation of Delian LeagueAge of Pericles BeginsParthenon CompletedPeloponnesian War BeginsTrial and Death of SocratesPlato Founds the AcademyPhilip II of Macedon Unites GreeceAlexander Becomes KingAlexander Conquers Persian EmpireAlexander Reaches IndiaDeath of Alexander the GreatLibrary of Alexandria FoundedArchimedes' Scientific AchievementsFirst Punic WarHannibal Invades ItalyBattle of CannaeDestruction of CarthageGracchi Brothers' ReformsMarian Military ReformsSpartacus' Slave RebellionFirst Triumvirate FormedCaesar's Gallic WarsCaesar Crosses the RubiconCaesar Becomes DictatorAssassination of Julius CaesarBattle of ActiumAugustus Becomes EmperorBattle of Teutoburg ForestCrucifixion of JesusGreat Fire of RomeEruption of Mount VesuviusColosseum CompletedTrajan's Column DedicatedHadrian's Wall CompletedMarcus Aurelius Writes MeditationsCrisis of Third Century BeginsDiocletian's ReformsEdict of MilanCouncil of NicaeaConstantinople FoundedSack of Rome by VisigothsAttila's Invasion of GaulFall of Western RomeJustinian's Code of LawJustinian's ReconquestHagia Sophia CompletedArab Conquests BeginFirst Siege of ConstantinopleIconoclastic ControversyGreat SchismBattle of ManzikertFourth Crusade Sacks ConstantinopleByzantine Reconquest of ConstantinopleFall of ConstantinopleEnd of Timeline — 2025 CE历史长河 · The River of HistoryBCE / CE2105 BCE2100 BCE2095 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