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Anhwei Province, Anhui
An Lu-shan(General), An Lushan
Chi? an Buddhism, Qan Buddhism
Chi? ang-an, Changi? an, Sian, Sian-fu, Xii? an(Shaanxi)
Chi? ang-kan(village), Chinkiang, Zhenjiang(Jiangsu)
Chi? ang-sha, Changsha(Hunan)
Chang Yen-y ? an, Zhang Yanyuan
ChI? n-ting, Chenting, Zhengding(Hebei)
ChI? ng-tu, Chi? eng-tu, Cheng-tu, Chengdu(Sichuan) ? ? ? ? ? 85? 7? 9? -70,9? ? 147. 0? 09. ? ? ? "?
Chi? i-chou, Chichow, Kweichih, Guichi(Anhui)
332
? ? ? ? ? Chiang-ling, Kiangchow, Kiangling, Jiangling(Hubei)
Chi? in Dynasty(221-206BC), Chin Dynasty, Qin Dynasty
? ? ? 3? 8? ? ? (0? ,2? 3,9? 43? , ? ? 38? ? ?
Ching River, King River, Jing(Shaanxi)
Ching Hao, Jing Hao
Chou Dynasty(c1122-221BC), Zhou Dynasty Chi? u Kingdom(Fourth/third century BC), Chu Kingdom
Chi? ? Y ? an(poet), Qu Yuan Chuang-tzu(Taoist), Zhuang Zi, Zhuang Zhou Ci? hu-ti? ang Gorge (Yangtze), Qutang Xia Confucius, Ki? ung-Fu-tzu, Kongfuzi Feng-hsien, Feng-hsiang, Fengsiang, Fufeng(Shaanxi)
Fu-chou, Fuchow, Fu Xian(Shaanxi)
Han Dynasty(206BC-220AD), Han Dynasty Han River, Han Kiang, Han Shui
Hankow, Wuhan(Hubei)
Han-yang, Hanyang(Hubei)
Honan Province, Henan
Hopei Province, Hupeh, Hebei
333
? Hsi Ki? ang, Xi Kang
Hsiang River, Siang Kiang ? 8? 03? ? 22479,? ? ? 8033? 3? ? ? ? ? ,3
Hsiung-nu (e? Hunsi? ), Xiongnu
Hui-neng, Huineng
Hs ? an-tsang (Buddhist Pilgrim), Xuan Zang, Xuanzang
Hs ? an-tsung(Emperor, Ming-huang), Xuanzong Hui-neng (Sixth Chi? an Patriarch), Huineng Jao-chou, Jaochow, Poyang, Boyang(Jianxi) ? 03? ? -030;4? 03. 0? ? 44/3088? ? ? #03
Kai-feng, Kaifeng(Henan)
Kansu Province, Gansu
Kashgar, Kaxgar, Kashi(Xinjiang)
Khotan, Ho-ti? ien, Hotan(Xinjiang)
Kialing River, Kialin Kiang, Jialing Jiang(Sichuan) Kiangsu Province, Jiangsu
Kiukiang, Jiujiang(Jiangxi)
Kokonor Lake, Koko Nor,Ching Hai,Quinghai Hu(Qinghai)
Ki? uei-chou, Kweichow, Fengkieh, Fengjie(Sichuan)
Kuo Hsi, Guo Xi
334
? Lanti? ien, Lantien, Lantian(Shaanxi) Lao-tzu, Lao-tze, Laozi
Li Lin-fu(Minister), Li Linfu
Li Po, Li Bai
Liang-y ? an, Kweiteh, Shang-kiu, Shangqiu(Henan)
Lo River, Luo He(Henan)
Lop Nor, Lop Nur(Xinjiang) Loyang, Lo-yang, Luoyang(Henan) Lu Chi, Lu Ji
Lu-shan, Mount Lu, Lu Shan(Jiangxi) Lukiang, Lujiang(Anhui)
Mi-lo River, Miluo(Hunan)
Nanking, Nanjing(Jiangsu)
Peking, Pei-ching, Beijing
Pi? eng-lai (Palace, Islands of the Blessed), Penglai ! ? ? ? ? ,/0? /? 8. ? ? ? ? ?
Pin-chou, Pinchow, Bin Xian(Shaanxi)
Po Ch ? -Yi, Po Ch ? -i, Po Chu-i, Bai Juyi
Poyang, Lake Poyang, Poyang Hu (Jiangxi) Shang-lin Park, Shanglin
Shansi Province, Shanxi
Shantung Province, Shan-tung, Shandong
335
? Shensi Province, Shaanxi
Shih Chi (The Historical Records), Shi Ji, Shiji $? ? ? ? ;0780? 1472? ? ? $? ?
Si Wang Mu(Goddess of the West), Xiwangmu Soochow, Wuhsien, Suzhou(Shandong)
Ssu-ma Chi? ien(Han Historian 145? -85? BC), Sima Qian
Su-tsung (e? Emperor in the Northi? ), Su Tsung, Suzong
Su Ti? ung-po, Su Shi, Su Dongpo
Suchow, Tungshan, Xuzhou(Jiangsu)
Sung Dynasty(960North-1279ADSouthern),Song Dynasty
Szu-chi? uan Province, Szechwan, Sichuan Ti? ai-shan, Mount Tai, Tai Shan(Shandong) Ti? ai-y ? an, Yangku, Taiyuan(Shanxi)
Taklamakan Desert, Taklimakan Shamo
Ti? ang Dynasty(618-907AD), Tang Dynasty Tang-ti? u, Ti? ai-pi? ing, Taiping, Tangtu, Dangtu(Anhui)
Tao, Dao: Taoism, Daoism: Tao-Te Ching: Daode Jing
336
? Ti? ao Chi? ien, Ti? ao Y ? an-ming, Tao Yuanming, Tao Qian
Tarim Basin, Tarim Pendi
Ti? ien Shan, Tien Shan, Tian Shan(Xinjiang) Sui Dynasty, Sui Dynasty(581-618AD)
Tu Fu, Du Fu
Ti? un-huang, Dunhuang(Gansu)
Ti? ung Kuan Pass, Tungkwan, Tongguan(Shaanxi) Tung-ti? ing Lake,Tung Ting Hu, Dongting Hu(Hunan) %? :? ? ,3? ? 85439,30? 9? ? 3,9:7,? 3088? ? ? ? ? 7,3
Wang Chao-ch ? n(wife of Tartar Khan), Wang Zhaojun
Wei River, Wei Ho(Shaanxi)
Wu Gorge (Yangtze), Wu Xia(Sichuan) Wu-chi? ang, Wuchang(Hubei)
Wu-ti Emperor of Han, Han Wudi
Yang Chu, Yang Zhu
Yang Kuei-fei( Yang Y ? -huan, Consort), Yang Guifei
Yang Kuo-chung, Yang Guozhong
Yangchow, Yangzhou(Jiangsu)
337
? Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang, Yangzi Jiang, Chang Jiang
Yeh-lang River, Yehlang, Yalong Jiang(Yunnan) Yellow River, Hwang-ho, Hwang Ho, Huang He Yo-chou, Yochow, Yoyang, Yueyang(Hunan)
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Y ? -chang, Nan-ki? ang, Nanchang(Jiangxi)
Y ? nnan Province, Yunnan
Yumen (old town), Yu-men, Jiayuguan(Gansu)
338
? China
Paleolithic 500,000-5000BC
Li?
antien Man Peking Man Homo Sapiens
Neolithic 5000-1000BC Yungshao Culture Lungshan Culture Liang-chu Culture
Shang Dynasty c. 1480-1050BC Tomb building
Ritual sacrifice
Chou Dynasty c. 1122-221BC Western Chou
Spring and Autumn Period Warring States Period
Chi? in Dynasty 221-206BC Centralisation
Han Dynasty 202BC-220AD Emperor Wu-ti (r. 141-87BC) Warfare against the Huns Silk Road trade with the West Chi? ang-an established
Period of Division 220-581AD Disunity and internal warfare Kingdom of Wu (222-280AD) Kindom of Shu (221-263AD)
Chinese Culture Stone Tools
Metallurgy in Bronze Pottery, Jade Carvings
Bronze vessels, Writing Divination (Scapulamancy) Statuettes
Book of Songs Confucius (6th Cent. ) Lao-Tzu
Mencius
Unified empire
Great Wall
Regularised script Fi? eng shui (Geomancy)
Buddhism 65AD Ssu-Ma-Chi? ien (historian) (c. 145- c. 86BC)
Ti? ao Chi? ien (365-427AD) Expansion of Buddhism
339
Western Europe CavePaintings (Altamira, Lascaux)
Megaliths, Pottery (Stonehenge, Carnac)
Minoan Culture
Bronze Age Urnfield Culture Mycenaean Culture
Iron Age
Hallstatt Culture La TE? ne Culture Phoenicians Classical Greece Roman Republic Alexander the Great
Second Punic War (218-201BC)
Defeat of Carthage (146BC)
Fall of Roman Rep. Imperial Rome
Late Roman Empire Early Byzantium Attilai? s invasion Barbarian migration
$? 25? ? 1? 0/? ? ? 7434? 4? ?
? ? ? ? ? Sui Dynasty 581-618AD Re-unification of the Empire
Ti? ang Dynasty 618-907AD Empress Wu (c. 627-705AD) Hs ? an-tsung (685-761AD) reigned 712-756AD
An Lu-shan rebellion 755AD Flight of Emperor 756 AD Loss of Central Asian terr. Weakened dynasty to 907
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms ( 907-959AD)
Northern Sung 960-1126AD Southern Sung 1127-1179AD
Grand Canal, Road system Rebuilding of Chi? ang-an
Chi? an Buddhism
Wang Wei (699-759AD) Li Po (701-762AD)
Tu Fu (712-770 AD)
Po Ch ? -Yi (772-846 AD)
Neo-Confucianism Landscape painting
Mohammed (570-632AD)
Middle Byzantium. Rise of Islam. Kgdm. of the Franks Langobard Kgdm. in Italy (568-774). Jutes,Angles,Saxons invade England. Battle of Tours 732 (curbs Islamic exp. )
The Normans.
B. of Hastings 1066. First Crusade. Second Crusade.
340
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%? ,4? ? ? ? ? 03 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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? ,3? ? ? 0? ?
? Names and 90728 in the modern Pinyin system of Romanization are shown last on each line, and the modern Province is shown in brackets after Pinyin location names?
Anhwei Province, Anhui
An Lu-shan(General), An Lushan
Chi? an Buddhism, Qan Buddhism
Chi? ang-an, Changi? an, Sian, Sian-fu, Xii? an(Shaanxi)
Chi? ang-kan(village), Chinkiang, Zhenjiang(Jiangsu)
Chi? ang-sha, Changsha(Hunan)
Chang Yen-y ? an, Zhang Yanyuan
ChI? n-ting, Chenting, Zhengding(Hebei)
ChI? ng-tu, Chi? eng-tu, Cheng-tu, Chengdu(Sichuan) ? ? ? ? ? 85? 7? 9? -70,9? ? 147. 0? 09. ? ? ? "?
Chi? i-chou, Chichow, Kweichih, Guichi(Anhui)
332
? ? ? ? ? Chiang-ling, Kiangchow, Kiangling, Jiangling(Hubei)
Chi? in Dynasty(221-206BC), Chin Dynasty, Qin Dynasty
? ? ? 3? 8? ? ? (0? ,2? 3,9? 43? , ? ? 38? ? ?
Ching River, King River, Jing(Shaanxi)
Ching Hao, Jing Hao
Chou Dynasty(c1122-221BC), Zhou Dynasty Chi? u Kingdom(Fourth/third century BC), Chu Kingdom
Chi? ? Y ? an(poet), Qu Yuan Chuang-tzu(Taoist), Zhuang Zi, Zhuang Zhou Ci? hu-ti? ang Gorge (Yangtze), Qutang Xia Confucius, Ki? ung-Fu-tzu, Kongfuzi Feng-hsien, Feng-hsiang, Fengsiang, Fufeng(Shaanxi)
Fu-chou, Fuchow, Fu Xian(Shaanxi)
Han Dynasty(206BC-220AD), Han Dynasty Han River, Han Kiang, Han Shui
Hankow, Wuhan(Hubei)
Han-yang, Hanyang(Hubei)
Honan Province, Henan
Hopei Province, Hupeh, Hebei
333
? Hsi Ki? ang, Xi Kang
Hsiang River, Siang Kiang ? 8? 03? ? 22479,? ? ? 8033? 3? ? ? ? ? ,3
Hsiung-nu (e? Hunsi? ), Xiongnu
Hui-neng, Huineng
Hs ? an-tsang (Buddhist Pilgrim), Xuan Zang, Xuanzang
Hs ? an-tsung(Emperor, Ming-huang), Xuanzong Hui-neng (Sixth Chi? an Patriarch), Huineng Jao-chou, Jaochow, Poyang, Boyang(Jianxi) ? 03? ? -030;4? 03. 0? ? 44/3088? ? ? #03
Kai-feng, Kaifeng(Henan)
Kansu Province, Gansu
Kashgar, Kaxgar, Kashi(Xinjiang)
Khotan, Ho-ti? ien, Hotan(Xinjiang)
Kialing River, Kialin Kiang, Jialing Jiang(Sichuan) Kiangsu Province, Jiangsu
Kiukiang, Jiujiang(Jiangxi)
Kokonor Lake, Koko Nor,Ching Hai,Quinghai Hu(Qinghai)
Ki? uei-chou, Kweichow, Fengkieh, Fengjie(Sichuan)
Kuo Hsi, Guo Xi
334
? Lanti? ien, Lantien, Lantian(Shaanxi) Lao-tzu, Lao-tze, Laozi
Li Lin-fu(Minister), Li Linfu
Li Po, Li Bai
Liang-y ? an, Kweiteh, Shang-kiu, Shangqiu(Henan)
Lo River, Luo He(Henan)
Lop Nor, Lop Nur(Xinjiang) Loyang, Lo-yang, Luoyang(Henan) Lu Chi, Lu Ji
Lu-shan, Mount Lu, Lu Shan(Jiangxi) Lukiang, Lujiang(Anhui)
Mi-lo River, Miluo(Hunan)
Nanking, Nanjing(Jiangsu)
Peking, Pei-ching, Beijing
Pi? eng-lai (Palace, Islands of the Blessed), Penglai ! ? ? ? ? ,/0? /? 8. ? ? ? ? ?
Pin-chou, Pinchow, Bin Xian(Shaanxi)
Po Ch ? -Yi, Po Ch ? -i, Po Chu-i, Bai Juyi
Poyang, Lake Poyang, Poyang Hu (Jiangxi) Shang-lin Park, Shanglin
Shansi Province, Shanxi
Shantung Province, Shan-tung, Shandong
335
? Shensi Province, Shaanxi
Shih Chi (The Historical Records), Shi Ji, Shiji $? ? ? ? ;0780? 1472? ? ? $? ?
Si Wang Mu(Goddess of the West), Xiwangmu Soochow, Wuhsien, Suzhou(Shandong)
Ssu-ma Chi? ien(Han Historian 145? -85? BC), Sima Qian
Su-tsung (e? Emperor in the Northi? ), Su Tsung, Suzong
Su Ti? ung-po, Su Shi, Su Dongpo
Suchow, Tungshan, Xuzhou(Jiangsu)
Sung Dynasty(960North-1279ADSouthern),Song Dynasty
Szu-chi? uan Province, Szechwan, Sichuan Ti? ai-shan, Mount Tai, Tai Shan(Shandong) Ti? ai-y ? an, Yangku, Taiyuan(Shanxi)
Taklamakan Desert, Taklimakan Shamo
Ti? ang Dynasty(618-907AD), Tang Dynasty Tang-ti? u, Ti? ai-pi? ing, Taiping, Tangtu, Dangtu(Anhui)
Tao, Dao: Taoism, Daoism: Tao-Te Ching: Daode Jing
336
? Ti? ao Chi? ien, Ti? ao Y ? an-ming, Tao Yuanming, Tao Qian
Tarim Basin, Tarim Pendi
Ti? ien Shan, Tien Shan, Tian Shan(Xinjiang) Sui Dynasty, Sui Dynasty(581-618AD)
Tu Fu, Du Fu
Ti? un-huang, Dunhuang(Gansu)
Ti? ung Kuan Pass, Tungkwan, Tongguan(Shaanxi) Tung-ti? ing Lake,Tung Ting Hu, Dongting Hu(Hunan) %? :? ? ,3? ? 85439,30? 9? ? 3,9:7,? 3088? ? ? ? ? 7,3
Wang Chao-ch ? n(wife of Tartar Khan), Wang Zhaojun
Wei River, Wei Ho(Shaanxi)
Wu Gorge (Yangtze), Wu Xia(Sichuan) Wu-chi? ang, Wuchang(Hubei)
Wu-ti Emperor of Han, Han Wudi
Yang Chu, Yang Zhu
Yang Kuei-fei( Yang Y ? -huan, Consort), Yang Guifei
Yang Kuo-chung, Yang Guozhong
Yangchow, Yangzhou(Jiangsu)
337
? Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang, Yangzi Jiang, Chang Jiang
Yeh-lang River, Yehlang, Yalong Jiang(Yunnan) Yellow River, Hwang-ho, Hwang Ho, Huang He Yo-chou, Yochow, Yoyang, Yueyang(Hunan)
? Q0? ? 1: ? ? -,? ? ,/? ;0780? 1472? ? ? ? :01:
Y ? -chang, Nan-ki? ang, Nanchang(Jiangxi)
Y ? nnan Province, Yunnan
Yumen (old town), Yu-men, Jiayuguan(Gansu)
338
? China
Paleolithic 500,000-5000BC
Li?
antien Man Peking Man Homo Sapiens
Neolithic 5000-1000BC Yungshao Culture Lungshan Culture Liang-chu Culture
Shang Dynasty c. 1480-1050BC Tomb building
Ritual sacrifice
Chou Dynasty c. 1122-221BC Western Chou
Spring and Autumn Period Warring States Period
Chi? in Dynasty 221-206BC Centralisation
Han Dynasty 202BC-220AD Emperor Wu-ti (r. 141-87BC) Warfare against the Huns Silk Road trade with the West Chi? ang-an established
Period of Division 220-581AD Disunity and internal warfare Kingdom of Wu (222-280AD) Kindom of Shu (221-263AD)
Chinese Culture Stone Tools
Metallurgy in Bronze Pottery, Jade Carvings
Bronze vessels, Writing Divination (Scapulamancy) Statuettes
Book of Songs Confucius (6th Cent. ) Lao-Tzu
Mencius
Unified empire
Great Wall
Regularised script Fi? eng shui (Geomancy)
Buddhism 65AD Ssu-Ma-Chi? ien (historian) (c. 145- c. 86BC)
Ti? ao Chi? ien (365-427AD) Expansion of Buddhism
339
Western Europe CavePaintings (Altamira, Lascaux)
Megaliths, Pottery (Stonehenge, Carnac)
Minoan Culture
Bronze Age Urnfield Culture Mycenaean Culture
Iron Age
Hallstatt Culture La TE? ne Culture Phoenicians Classical Greece Roman Republic Alexander the Great
Second Punic War (218-201BC)
Defeat of Carthage (146BC)
Fall of Roman Rep. Imperial Rome
Late Roman Empire Early Byzantium Attilai? s invasion Barbarian migration
$? 25? ? 1? 0/? ? ? 7434? 4? ?
? ? ? ? ? Sui Dynasty 581-618AD Re-unification of the Empire
Ti? ang Dynasty 618-907AD Empress Wu (c. 627-705AD) Hs ? an-tsung (685-761AD) reigned 712-756AD
An Lu-shan rebellion 755AD Flight of Emperor 756 AD Loss of Central Asian terr. Weakened dynasty to 907
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms ( 907-959AD)
Northern Sung 960-1126AD Southern Sung 1127-1179AD
Grand Canal, Road system Rebuilding of Chi? ang-an
Chi? an Buddhism
Wang Wei (699-759AD) Li Po (701-762AD)
Tu Fu (712-770 AD)
Po Ch ? -Yi (772-846 AD)
Neo-Confucianism Landscape painting
Mohammed (570-632AD)
Middle Byzantium. Rise of Islam. Kgdm. of the Franks Langobard Kgdm. in Italy (568-774). Jutes,Angles,Saxons invade England. Battle of Tours 732 (curbs Islamic exp. )
The Normans.
B. of Hastings 1066. First Crusade. Second Crusade.
340
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