History of Asia Dates
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 2300 BC - 1750 BC | Indus Valley Civilizations |
| 1700 BC | Aryans and Harappans meet |
| 1550 BC | Hinduism was created |
| 2100 BC - 1600 BC | Xia Dynasty |
| 1523 BC - 1027 BC | Shang Dynasty |
| 1028 BC - 256 BC | Zhou Dynasty |
| 221 BC - 206 BC | Qin Dynasty |
| 206 BC - 220 AD | Han Dynasty |
| 581- 618 | Sui Dynasty |
| 618 - 906 | Tang Dynasty |
| 960 - 1279 | Song Dynasty |
| 1280 - 1368 | Yuan Dynasty |
| 1368 - 1644 | Ming Dynasty |
| 1644 - 1911 | Qing Dynasty |
| 1557 | Portuguese come to Macau |
| 1498 | Vasco de Gama sails around the Cape of Good Hope |
| 1592 | Hideyoshi attacks Korea |
| 1793 | Macartney arrives in Canton |
| 1796 | Opium made illegal in China |
| 1835 - 1908 | Empress Dowager |
| 1839 - 1842 | First Opium War |
| 1842 | Signing of the Treaty of Nanjing |
| 1842 - 1844 | First Treaty Settlement (France, US, Britain) |
| 1850 - 1864 | Taiping Rebellion |
| 1853 - 1868 | Nien Rebellion |
| 1856 - 1860 | Second Opium War (Anglo-French War) against China |
| 1860 | Second Treaty Settlement & Treaty of Tianjin, same time as Taiping Rebellion |
| 1868 | Burlingame Treaty |
| 1872 - 1881 | Chinese students sent by Li Hongzhang go to the US to study |
| 1882 | Chinese Exclusion Act |
| 1894-1895 | Sino-Japanese War |
| 1898 | Failure of 100 Days Reform (Guangxu takes government) |
| 1900 | Boxer Uprising |
| 1901 | China pays indemnity, goes into debt |
| 1905 | Civil Service Exam ends |
| 1908 | Chinese adopted a national constitution and parliamentary government |
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