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Alternatively known as the Southern Chen in historiography

Was a Chinese imperial dynasty and the fourth and last of the Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period.Following the Liang dynasty

The Chen dynasty was founded by Chen Baxian.The Chen dynasty further strengthened and revitalized the economy and culture of southern China

And made territorial expansions northward

Laying the foundation for future dynasties.It was conquered by the Sui dynasty in 589

Marking an end to the Northern and Southern dynasties period in Chinese history.The descendants of the Chen imperial family continued to hold powerful high-ranking positions in the imperial courts of both the Sui and Tang dynasties.

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was an era of political upheaval and division in Imperial China from 907 to 979.Five dynastic states quickly succeeded one another in the Central Plain

And more than a dozen concurrent dynastic states

Collectively known as the Ten Kingdoms

Were established elsewhere

Mainly in South China.It was a prolonged period of multiple political divisions in Chinese imperial history.

Officially the Great Ming

Was an imperial dynasty of China

Ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.The Ming dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people

The majority ethnic group in China.Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng

Numerous rump regimes ruled by remnants of the Ming imperial family—collectively called the Southern Ming—survived until 1662.

The Northern and Southern dynasties was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 to 589

Following the tumultuous era of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty.It is sometimes considered as the latter part of a longer period known as the Six Dynasties (220–589).Albeit an age of civil war and political chaos

It was also a time of flourishing arts and culture

Advancement in technology

And the spread of Mahayana Buddhism and Daoism.The period saw large-scale migration of the Han people to the lands south of the Yangtze.The period came to an end with the unification of all of China proper by Emperor Wen of the Sui dynasty.

Officially the Great Qing

Was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by a Tungusic-speaking ethnic group who became known as the Manchus.The dynasty was officially proclaimed in 1636 in Mukden

And following the Battle of Shanhai Pass it seized control of Beijing in 1644

Which is often considered the start of the dynasty's rule in China.Within decades the Qing had consolidated its control over the whole of China proper and Taiwan

And by the mid-18th century it had expanded its rule into Inner Asia.The dynasty lasted until 1912 when it was overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution.In Chinese historiography

The Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China.The multiethnic Qing dynasty assembled the territorial base for modern China.It was the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and in 1790 the fourth-largest empire in world history in terms of territorial size.With 419

1. 264
2. 000 citizens in 1907

It was the most populous country in the world at the time.

Officially the Great Yuan

Was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division.It was established by Kublai

The fifth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire from the Borjigin clan

And lasted from 1271 to 1368.In Chinese history

The Yuan dynasty followed the Song dynasty and preceded the Ming dynasty.