Covers the history of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties and provides photos of related artifacts from the ancient era.
Offers a traditional dynastic outline, a summary of political forms, and an economic-based time-line. Covers from pre-imperial to modern.
Offers a list of dynasties with the respective Chinese characters and years. Includes events outside of China during these periods.
Provides a time-line of the imperial periods with the names in Chinese characters on the side. Find pictures and descriptions of the coins used.
Find a complete list of dynasties in China beginning in 2100 BCE and continuing to the present. Includes Chinese characters and dates.
Supplies a listing of every dynasty and provides the dates of its existence. Click on the corresponding Chinese character for its etymology.
Find detailed and colorful images of paintings from dynasties including Tang, Song, and Yuan. Includes captions and a gallery.
Review the development of the country from the Shang to the Ching dynasties. Offers a complete overview of the political changes.
Browse descriptions of two emperors from the Ching and Song Dynasties. Includes color portraits of Chao Kuang-yin and Kang-hsi.
View this exhibition that offers full images as well as a historical background of the various items from the first dynasties.
Marie Vento's academic paper entitled "One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding" includes a bibliography and a few illustrations.
Browse notes from this lecture on three dynasties. Look at illustrations and captions and connect to related sites.
Review this lesson on these three periods. Find pictures and complete descriptions and related links.
Features colored drawings of the rulers of the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. Find a time-line and a chronology.
View representations of some of the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasty emperors. With a link to a dynasty time-line.
Read how the empire was restored during the periods of Sui, Tang, and Song. Find backgrounds on culture, art, and traditional society.
Rivendell Educational Archive presents a chronology of Chinese history that lists all of the dynasties. Includes illustrations for some eras.
Browse sculptures and exhibits from a university museum. Offers a historical context and captions under the color photos of the items.
Attempts to weed out truth from fiction regarding the earliest of China's dynastic rulers, the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.