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World History Homework Three Answers - Student 12 (view source)
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1. List the major ancient empires of China, including the time periods and major leaders.
1. List the major ancient empires of China, including the time periods and major leaders.
:Hsia dynasty: before 1766 B.C. (mythical). The last Hsia emperor is said to have been Chieh.
:Shang dynasty: 1766 - 1122 B.C., started by T'ang.
:Chou or Zhou (different transcriptions of the same name) dynasty: 1027 - 481 B.C. (from the lecture it is not clear what happened between 1122 and 1027; the time between 481 and 221 is known as the "Warring States", so I guess the reign of the Chou was not secure during that time)
:Ch'in or Qin: 221-206 B.C. This was the first united Chinese empire under emperor Shih huang-ti.
:Han dynasty: 206 B.C. - A.D. 220. The first leader was Liu Bang, the longest reigning Han emperor was Han Wudi.
:The Han empire was replaced by the Three Kingdoms until China was reunited under the Sui dynasty in A.D. 589.
2. List the major ancient empires of India, including the time periods and major leaders.
2. List the major ancient empires of India, including the time periods and major leaders.
3. Explain what this is:
3. Explain what this is:
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