
What period in Chinese history would you most want to live
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bhchao, in Chinese History
Excluding the present, which period in Chinese history excites you the most, and would you most want
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1. Excluding the present, which period in Chinese history excites you the most, and would you most want
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Eastern Han (23AD - 220AD) - Restoration by Liu Xiu, flowering of Han culture, invention of paper and the seismograph0
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Wudi (140 - 86BC) - High Han, expansion and conquests, opening of trade and the Silk Road, contacts with the Roman Empire, cultural brilliance1
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Early years of the Western Han dynasty (206 - 140BC) - ChuHan civil war, reign of Liu Bang, Empress Lu, Wendi, and Jingdi - Economic prosperity, consolidation, appeasement of the Xiongnu, centralization of the government0
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Qin dynasty (221 - 206BC) - Legalist state of Qin Shi Huang, building of the Great Wall, burning of the books, unification of China, burying alive of the scholars0
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Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476BC) - Age of Confucius2
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Warring States Period (476 - 221BC) - Age of Mencius, Mozi, Xunzi, Shang Yang, constant conflict between states0
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Three Kingdom period (220 - 260AD) - Kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu. Age of Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei, Sun Quan3
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Sui dynasty (589 - 618AD) - Reunification of China by Sui Yangdi, building of the Grand Canal0
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Tang dynasty, Zhenguan reign (626-649AD) - Taizong, Xuanzang's travels to India, cultural diversity, growth of Buddhism, territorial expansion, religious tolerance2
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Tang dynasty, reigns of Gaozong and Wu Zetian (649 - 705AD) - Prosperity, Buddhism at its height, defeat of Koguryo by Tang and Silla forces2
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Tang dynasty, Kaiyuan period (711 - 756AD) - Peak of cultural brilliance, Age of Du Fu and Li Bai, independence of women10
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Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127AD): rise of the mercantile class, flourishing of trade and commerce, growth of Neo-Confucianism, peak of civil service exams, use of paper money; invention of printing press in 1040 and moveable type in 1041, tea competit3
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Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279AD) - Invention of gunpowder and usage of it against the Mongols. Yue Fei, Hangzhou years1
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Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)0
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Ming dynasty ( 1368 - 1644) - Zheng He's voyages, arriving of the first Europeans and Jesuit missionaries2
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Kangxi reign (1662 - 1723) - Considered by many to be the greatest emperor in Chinese history3
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Yongzheng, Chienlung reign (1723 - 1796) - Peak of Qing prosperity, seeds of decline being sown in the later years of Chienlung's reign0
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Decline of the Qing (1796 - 1911) - Ultra-conservatism, strict adherence to old ways of governing, foreign domination, Sino-Japanese war0
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Chinese Republic (1911-1949) - Sun Yatsen, rise of the KMT, Chiang Kaishek, May 4th movement, civil war, Sino-Japanese war4
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Western Jin (265-316AD)/Eastern Jin (317-420AD) - The Chinese "Middle Ages1
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