Rise And Fall Of Chinese Dynasties

Front 1

Shang rise to power

Back 1

The shang took over eastern china and declared themselves the rulers

Front 2

Shang fall from power

Back 2

Attacked from the north and south by nomadic invaders.

Front 3

Shang fall from power/ Zhou rise to power

Back 3

Zhou teamed up w/ other nomadic invaders and took over Shang

Front 4

Zhou Fall from power

Back 4

The feudal lords had gotten too much power and weren't loyal to the king, so they rebelled and overthrough Zhou. After that for 500 years, warlords fought eachother

Front 5

What was the Qin rise to power?

Back 5

Near the end of the era of warring states, there were about 7 major states, qin was one of them. Qin took over the other ones

Front 6

fall of qin/rise of han

Back 6

Qin way too strict, so after 15 years there was a peasant rebellion lead by Liu Bang

Front 7

Rise of the Tang dynasty

Back 7

Also invaders, took over after 300 years of little different dynasties

Front 8

Fall of Tang Dynasty

Back 8

Emperors weak, so rebellion. Rebellion failed, but weakened tang more and opened it up to invaders and band of thugs. Powerful general killed emperor

Front 9

Fall of Han Dynasty

Back 9

Taxes too high, so rebellion. Many different little dynasties formed for 300 years.

Front 10

Fall of Song dynasy/ Rise of Yuan

Back 10

The Mongols took over northern china and the Jin empire, then took over Song

Front 11

Rise of Song Dynasty

Back 11

50 years of chaos after Tang. Finally Zhao Kuangyin seized power and declared new dynasty.