- 1271 - 1368: Yuan dynasty
- 1275 - 1287: Marco Polo
- 1368 - 1644: Ming dynasty
- 1644 - 1911: Manchu dynasty
- 1700 BCE - 1100 BCE: Shang dynassty
- 1894 - 1945: Japanese imperialism
- 1900: Boxer Rebellion
- 1911: Manchus aer overthrown
- 1912: China becomes a republic by Dr. Sun Yat Sen
- 1925: Dr. Sun Yat Sen dies
- 1949: Communist regime established on the mainland
- 1960: Great Leap Forward
- 1968: Cultural Revolution
- 1970's: Ping Pong diplomacy
- 1972: President Nixon goes to China
- 1974: clay soldiers found
- 1976: Mao Zedong dies
- 1980's: economic liberlization
- 1989: Tiananmen Square
- 1990's: rise of dissidents - people who wanted more political freedom
- 1997: Hong Kong returned to China after 99 year lease to Britain
- 1999: Macao returned to China from Portugal
- 2002: President Bush goes to China
- 2008: Free Tibet protest
- 206 BCE - 220 CE: Han dynasty
- 221 BCE - 206 BCE: Qin dynasty
- 551 BCE - 479 BCE: Confucianism
- 5th - 6th century BCE: D/Taoism