All China's dynasties explained in 7 minutes (5,000 years of Chinese history)

All China's dynasties explained in 7 minutes (5000 years of Chinese history)
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[@EpimetheusHistory]

Check out my video on the 3 kingdoms period of Chinese history (between the Han and Jin dynasties) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2muamx-jbmjbdE Thank you guys for all the great feedback :D Mistake- the phrase "mandate of heaven" is first recorded to have been used by the Zhou dynasty, after their overthrow of the Shang.(not used by Xia) Note: 1. The canal referenced as being built by Qin Shi Huang is the Lingqu Canal....NOT the Great Canal -fyi :) Thought I should clarify that because people are incorrectly correcting that Qin did not build the great canal(the video does not say he did)... he built the Lingqu Canal 2. Kublai Khan Technically he was the fifth Khagan "great Khan" (not a king) of the whole Mongol empire...in practice, he only effectively ruled the Yuan...But he was still greatly involved in the politics of the whole realm-spending troops, resources, backing factions etc.... That is why I showed the two different labeled maps-thought people could figure that out if curious. 3. I did not Qing Manchurians (my mistake) ...trying to keep it to 7 mins is tough

[@maruthimaruthi3720]

I really like your vedios. please make video on whare Islam is started why they hate non nonMuslims.

[@zianggao5332]

Good video anyway，but you used the picture of Wei（魏文帝曹丕）when you talking about Jin，and you used the picture of a national paper current of Ming（大明通宝）while talking about Song's achievement...it is wired for Chinese people who watch this

[@bongsunhwa]

I am Korean. I do not know from where you took maps of ancient China. But your map include very controversial territory problems. In your maps, Korea lost their territory for several times or did not exist. I hope you find other map and search more. I never heard Jin dynasty took upper side of Korean peninsula. Your clip hurts many Koreans including me. And you should know. YUAN dynasty and Qing dynasty were not settled by Chinese. In the other hand, Chinese were colonized by other nations at that period.

[@bongsunhwa]

Epimetheus information on your map is very different from others. Please look at this. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(265-420)

[@bongsunhwa]

Epimetheus In my opinion you took a map made by Chinese nationalists. It is very big problem and hot issue for Korean. Because they wanna annex Korean ancient history to theirs. You should be very careful, when you point range of territories in east asia. You could hurt many people not concerning with intends.

[@Dumb-Comment]

British:Give me tea China:Money first British:*drugged China and robbed the tea*

[@NotVeryRandomDude]

Dumb Comment God bless Britannia!

[@MrPip9999]

No ... They already had their tea from India. They drink Lipton like strong tea with milk and sugar, and not the light Chinese tea. But they wanted to do commerce with China all right

[@tipinwings]

Ngọc Hoàng Martian it was more like selling opium merely for a profit. The Britain gained so much that the profit carried them through a economical depression.

[@MrPip9999]

@@tipinwings : Yes ...There was indeed an economic depression in the Western world. But opium had been traded in China for centuries via the silk route because of various needs of the Chinese for this drug. The British merely helped them obtain it for a cheap price by shipping it from India to China with their merchant fleet. Now with the price of opium lowered substantially, many Chinese now could afford to use it. And that was the drama. Opium was not forbidden in Britain nor in India.

[@QuntumnPhysics]

Find a library. Read books

[@happywhale1786]

5000 years in 7 minutes means history of US in less than 2 seconds. impressed, the confidence.

[@lexaaa8984]

尚cedric WHAT REALLY? Why tho? Does the US barely have any history? 😂 (No offense tho)

[@nealsterling8151]

@@lexaaa8984 According to YT: Revolution, Civil War and WWII. Nothing else in US history exists. 😉

[@oumniaadjroud5050]

@@lexaaa8984 it was discovered in 1600 and migration start in 1700 they barley have 300 years of history while china have 5000 year ~~

[@Kyle-xk5ut]

More like 20 seconds.

[@lexaaa8984]

I understand now... Thanks guys! I've been interested into history stuff lately because of quarantine... ☺️

[@nallapanenimalli3464]

Hi from India , who extremely loves china ,chinese people and its fascinating culture and history

[@christinem4266]

Love India from China. We both have rich culture and history. Love no war💗❌

[@kishanthkoushik2766]

@@christinem4266 You're right both India and China have contributed much to the world in terms of technology and ideas through their civilizations. Much peace to both countries!

[@danyawang3632]

Salute from China to India💗Peace&Love😊

[@14-maureenleong12]

Thanks

[@synthtastic74]

Wish India and China could go along. Would have been a Giagntic World Economic power for a long long time ....once gain

[@Warmaker01]

I don't know a whole lot about Chinese history, but the Zhou dynasty having about an 800 year run is actually pretty remarkable. There are so many possible events, both foreign and domestic, that can cause any dynastic rule to come to an abrupt end.

[@AustinSauce3]

True I thought the same

[@hufe223]

how many years did the unholy nonroman not so imperial empire last? Zhou period was a lot like that period of European history.

[@Ttegegg]

@@hufe223 man can you just imagine a industrial China? What a world it could be

[@crkcrk702]

@@Ttegegg China is industrial

[@user-ut5wk8ol1k]

权利越集中，王朝越容易被推翻，周是类似欧洲古代分封制，只不是一个是天子，另一个是教皇

[@lololman]

Minor corrections: In Shang and earlier, the leader was called King (王); In Zhou, he was called Heaven's Son (天子); From Qin onward, he was called Emporer (皇帝).

[@bluemooneatlions]

Aizman 夏好像是后。

[@xq3263]

Blue Wang 啊啊啊

[@kongming2005]

It is consider not bad. Westerners are mostly misinformed, mislead and fact twisted most of the time.

[@alfredwinston4169]

天子 means the chosen one by god.

[@Dumb-Comment]

@@alfredwinston4169 天子 literally translated to "Sky Son"

[@lolsmo395]

So... The Brits ruined an entire Empire for tea... That's the most British thing I could possibly heard. EDIT: Don't put up the Race card please.

[@MrKuger9]

Don't forget about the Boston Tea Party lol

[@lolsmo395]

Oh, Too much war on the British empire's side that led them near bankruptcy, So they decided to ruin another poor sod's country loool

[@aegonii8471]

MrKuger9 Remind me not to fuck with British people and their tea.

[@ornature5324]

Lols Mo the empire was already weakened by rebellions, depression, oppressive rule, and outdated technology. They had it coming to them

[@clarkdave]

British Empire is probably the most evil European empire in the world history who manages to get away with their crimes because they were in the side who fought against Germany and won

[@llg4116]

In the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He made seven voyages to the Atlantic Ocean. Each large ship could hold 2000 people. However, the Ming Dynasty only made trade and did not invade or colonize any country, which is so different from the west.

[@ryanlin2974]

I think the entire fleet held 20000 people. There is no way one ship could hold 20000 people. Average modern CRUISE SHIPS could only hold 3000 people. Unless each of Zheng He's ships were around 7 times bigger than a dozen story cruise ship, I don't think its 20000.

[@llg4116]

Ryan Lin Thanks for correcting me! I meant to say each trip holding about 20000 people.

[@brunopadovani7347]

"So different from the West". Really? Tell that to the Tibetans, Uyghurs and modern Mongols. Chinese history is all about the Han subjugating other people's. Maybe the Chinese did not create a large overseas empire for the same reason that the US didn't. Both countries had their own continents to conquer, but both conquered nonetheless.

[@brunopadovani7347]

@@llg4116 Yes, I've been to China approximately 10 times. No, I don't buy your CCP narrative of a peaceful China that never subjugated any people, all juxtaposed against evil colonialist Westerners.

[@llg4116]

Bruno Padovani If you know the history of China, then you will realize the subjugation happened actually in Yuan and Qing dynasties which not governed by the Han. Here is the fact after 1949. On land China borders 16 countries and has peacefully resolved territorial disputes and signed agreements with 14 countries. The only remaining countries are India and Bhutan. In 1962, because of India’s continuous harassment of the Chinese border, the Chinese PLA had to repel the Indian army twice and retreated after victory. Discovery channel made a documentary film about the battle between China and India. PLS showing the evidence instead of just giving the lies.

[@silverchairsg]

Fun anecdote: I remember this particular chapter in my Chinese textbook during my schooling days, where the story was about this band of ancient cavemen (like the images literally showed them as Chinese folk with long loose hair and wearing bearskins) who were fighting in a battle against their enemy. They were losing badly, until their chieftain seized a drum and used it to boost the morale of his troops, and they won. I remember this vividly because I got 0/50 for moxie for that passage (the spelling equivalent in Chinese, where you have to memorize the passage and rewrite it entirely from memory. One wrong stroke and the whole character would be counted as wrong). I studied so hard, yet got literally 0/50. And I can still remember this 20+ years later. Sigh.

[@carlwei7559]

Moxie is also a nightmare of all Chinese students, including me😂

[@prasanth2601]

@@carlwei7559 What's the reason? I mean it's not like you are supposed to write the essay in Wényanwén.

[@alanchen8452]

@@prasanth2601 As a Chinese student, the education system forced and carved all those ancient texts, literature, poetry into my brain when I was a child. And now I can still remember them when I am old enough to appreciate them, which I am grateful.

[@doomgao3571]

@@prasanth2601 No, at least not in Mainland China. Some books written in traditional Chinese in Taiwan still use vertical format, I know Japs also use vertical format to write their book.

[@EasternOrthodox101]

@@doomgao3571 🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳Don't speak about our Chinese brothers, faceless m0r0n 🤣👉🇺🇲🧟‍♂️

[@HistoryMarche]

Good recap of Chinese history. Watched this while having my morning coffee. Thumbs up!

[@wdnmd3395]

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[@oliversun1974]

Thank you for having interest in Chinese history

[@GaemingStudios]

your not british

[@moclykim8220]

The northern part of the great wall is not Chinese land.It was dominated by Mongolian and Manchurian ,Koreans.Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall of China to prevent so-called Northern Orang Cae.Since then, China was conquered by the Kim Dynasty and Mongolia.also the Manchurians conquered China and ruled for 300 years (1616~1912). Manchuria Wonryugo(滿洲源流考) compiled during Qing Dynasty, also identifies that 金(kim) Dynasty is originated from the surname of the king of Silla (korea) 대금(大金, 여진어:  /amba-an antʃu-un/[1], 1115년 1월 28일 ~ 1234년) 金=Kim=korean family name "The Gojoseon(ancient korea) civilization that appeared 5,000 years ago was the third ancient civilization in the world after the Mesopotamian civilization (5500 years ago) and the Egyptian civilization (5100 years ago). The Gojoseon civilization was 1500 years ahead of the Hwangha(china) civilization.

[@musicismoreimportantthanyo9246]

5:40 have those artifacts in my home

[@cprice2011]

Thank you for making the Tang Dynasty orange

[@EpimetheusHistory]

:) would have been a shame if it was any other color

[@taelongx]

wait why

[@NightcorEDM]

@@taelongx trumps colour is orange, he hates books and scholars, and he like to build walls zzzz

[@jinjunliu2401]

@@NightcorEDM You're implying the Qin dynasty though, not the Tang dynasty which was very open minded in the beginning

[@mofogie]

@@NightcorEDM that's not the joke .... You're reading too much into it. Tang, the artificial flavored powdered drink is orange.

[@StarBoundFables]

That was really cool! I've been studying Mandarin for a few years now, & I'd like to say this is 1 of the best Chinese history vids I've seen. Clear & concise. Thank you

[@mirencepeda5990]

佛教其实从汉朝就传入中国了

[@Hoo88846]

Here is a list of Chinese dynasties before I recommend some dramas based on different dynasties: Xia, Shang (Oracle Bones Scripts), Zhou (Western and Eastern Zhou), Spring-Autumn Period (where the Hundred Schools of Thoughts appeared, and Confucius and Lao Tzu, who founded Confucianism and Daoism, lived), Warring State Period (where seven kingdoms Qi, Chu, Han, Yan, Zhao, Wei, Qin fought for supremacy after the collapse of Zhou Dynasty), Qin (reunification and building of the Great Wall), Han (first golden age where Han Chinese character Hanzi and Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in the world, got their name; opening of the Silk Road), Three Kingdoms (Northern Wei, Western Shu, Eastern Wu), Tang (where Japanese sent the most envoys to copy the Tang culture wholesale; second golden age), Song, Yuan (Mongol-ruled), Ming (Korean culture based a lot on this dynasty), Qing (Manchu-ruled). “Qin Dynasty Epic” on the life of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty Qin (Qin Dynasty) Shi (Beginning, first) Huang (Emperor) Ying Zheng (his surname was Ying, Zheng which means “politics” was his first name). Qin Dynasty was what gave China its name Qin >> Chin >> China (pronounced as Cheena in Italian and Spanish, more phonetically similar to the original Mandarin pronunciation of Qin). Qin Shihuang started building the Great Wall and the Grand Canal of China, which was finished centuries later in the Sui Dynasty. He also built his massive Mausoleum flowing with mercury (which he believed was the elixir to immortality, and ironically poisoned him to his premature death), and the Terra Cotta Army. “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, one of the four Chinese classics with the setting in the Three Kingdoms Period after Han Dynasty. “Virtuous Queen of Han” on the life of Wei Zifu, the Queen consort of Han Wudi, or Martial Emperor of Han Dynasty who opened the Silk Road and traded with the Roman Empire. “Dream of the Red Mansion”, another one of the Four Chinese Classics. “Legend of Chinese Empress” on the life of the only empress of China, Wu Zetian, in the Tang Dynasty. “Judge of Song Dynasty” on the life and work of Song Ci 宋慈, who wrote the world’s first forensic science book called Washing Away of Wrongs 洗冤录。 Also check out a documentary called “Daming Palace and Tang Dynasty”. They briefly mentioned about the Japanese envoys kentoushi 遣唐使。 History Channel did a series called Ancient Discoveries. Six episodes were devoted exclusively to Chinese inventions, which make up a long list. CCTV-6 China movie channel features a lot of Chinese historical dramas and documentaries. All of them on KZbin. Enjoy. ❤

[@_thelmsss7083]

Thanks

[@aduiel]

Seconding the thanks!

[@SamHsia_08]

Great work!👍 But it seems that you miss: Wei, Chin Southern and Northern Dynasties after Three Kingdoms. Sui Dynasty before Tang. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms after Tang. These three are also very long and important periods in Chinese history!

[@juliachiu535]

China does not have 5000 years of history. There was no such country named China. China was only formed a hundred years ago. In ancient times, there were all other countries in the that land, nothing was called China. It is all lie by the Communist.

[@Hoo88846]

@@juliachiu535 I don’t know where to start to refute your historical revisionism. You must be an American satanic illuminati member funded by the anti-China propaganda machine in USA. Take a course in East Asian studies and Sinology in Harvard or Cambridge. You don’t make up history like that, anti-China propagandist and liar.

[@uninterruptedrhythm4104]

The British loved tea so much, they invaded China and force fed them drugs lol

[@petergray2712]

No. The Chinese refused to create an exchange system of trade that would allow the British to offset huge trade deficits. The Chinese aren't as innocent, or the British as guilty as one has been led to believe (American traders came to dominate the Chinese opium trade, for example).

[@uninterruptedrhythm4104]

dubious but if you say so, im just making a joke

[@hujiaming6151]

Only because the British were lucky and patient, they waited so long until the last few years of the Qing dynasty, the Brits knew they would not stand any chance against the Qing dynasty in military unless Qing enters the end of its life span, which happened to all China's dynasties. At the end of the dynasty the nation grew weak, then the Brits invaded China and made unfair trade deals, that was just pure luck for Britain, nothing else.

[@davidhouseman4328]

Lucky, I guess, in that the British were at the zenith when China was weak. But patient, you give the British too much credit. They stumbled into it and barely consider it a war, and give it less cultural relevance than the Boer war.

[@pou603]

China was so rich at that time, but British want their gold, so selling drugs to them, it increased the poverty growth in china at that time. You can see lots of documentary of this online, and it could be one of the reason why doing drugs has most severe penalty nowadays in China.

[@ljason6361]

Biggest drug dealer in human history -- British Government :)

[@elirothblatt5602]

I rewatch this video often to help me memorize the broad strokes. Thank you for an excellent video!

[@mrcannotfindaname]

For someone who comes from China, I must admit this is a very short and accurate account for China's history. If you observe closely, China's territory mainly occupies the eastern and southern part of the mainland, from geographical point of view, reason being the northern and western part are mostly inhabitable. Gobi desert in north, Himalayan mountain ridge in west. In times when sailing technology wasn't so advance, the only way out was the Silk Road. Coastal regions have more fertile lands for farming as well.Minor improvement to the video, some of the pictures shown are not in the same dynasty as the script is describing. But overall, jolly good video.

[@jackliu5269]

I agree with your points. I am very impressed by this video as it is.

[@user-zn6nb8xe2v]

不要妄自菲薄，罗马、希腊也是你们西方的文化源泉……

[@davidmoss2576]

China has the best and most interesting history.

[@red-baitingswine8816]

Trivia: Imo: The "in-" in "inhabitable" actually means something like English "in", unlike in some words where it means 'un-, not". So "uninhabitable" is correct here, and "inhabitable" means, roughly, "habitable".

[@FuckChina_Fuck]

@@davidmoss2576 China sucks

[@TechMagnet]

nice content. you should upload more on this topic

[@vloggerzblogg6494]

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[@moclykim8220]

The northern part of the great wall is not Chinese land.It was dominated by Mongolian and Manchurian ,Koreans.Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall of China to prevent so-called Northern Orang Cae.Since then, China was conquered by the Kim Dynasty and Mongolia.also the Manchurians conquered China and ruled for 300 years (1616~1912). Manchuria Wonryugo(滿洲源流考) compiled during Qing Dynasty, also identifies that 金(kim) Dynasty is originated from the surname of the king of Silla (korea) 대금(大金, 여진어:  /amba-an antʃu-un/[1], 1115년 1월 28일 ~ 1234년) 金=Kim=korean family name "The Gojoseon(ancient korea) civilization that appeared 5,000 years ago was the third ancient civilization in the world after the Mesopotamian civilization (5500 years ago) and the Egyptian civilization (5100 years ago). The Gojoseon civilization was 1500 years ahead of the Hwangha(china) civilization.

[@ingdjr5573]

@@moclykim8220 korea=universe

[@NovaM87]

Nice effort. Thank you. There is one mistake though: for Sui Dynasty, the picture of the emperor you placed in the video was actually one of the king of Wei before the Jin dynasty. I know it because the characters on the picture said so. 😊

[@WarLionsofGesar]

yes. the emperor in the photo is Cao Pi, the Emperor Wen of Wei, should be Yang Jian, the emperor Wen of Sui

[@emilyshaw8260]

I loved this! Thanks for breaking it down so well!

[@vincentleung7697]

This is the most positive Chinese history made by Westerner. I hope Westerners can judge China not only based on the last 100 years, but the whole history. The only thing I think the narrator can improve is some of the pronunciation of the dynasties, eg. Shang, Sui.

[@cat679]

I think the pronunciation is okay. Most Chinese can't speak English well anyways. Why judge foreigners who didn't even learn Chinese be expected to speak Chinese?

[@user-dx4uu6uz9g]

@Jordan Spencer which golden period do you mean? Many dynasties had their own golden period through Chinese history, their people are rich and culture boom, highly evaluated by other countries, so it comes to their “golden period”. When we gain our prosperity then the “golden period “ will follow, but just searching the period is useless. We are learning from the history of both ancient China and the whole world speedily, the period will come soon I guess

[@nostalgic-wb3js]

@@cat679 Just a suggestion, because he is doing history channel, must be more professional.

[@cat679]

@@nostalgic-wb3js he is doing his best to pronounce things

[@richhartnell6233]

As a westerner I can say without a doubt that chinese civilization and culture is one of if not the most important, sucessful, and admirable of all of human history

[@avaevathornton9851]

A quick pronunciation tip: X = sh Q = ch Zh = j Z = dz C = ts And j has the "hard" English sound, not the "soft" French sound. Note a lot of these don't actually correspond exactly to any English sound, but these are the closest approximations.

[@colocado6685]

Why not just write it phonetically? Like the civilized world does

[@xz1891]

@@colocado6685 who the hell you think you are? Why don't you follow the Chinese way or shut up?

[@colocado6685]

@@xz1891 I don't follow the Chinese way because I'm not chinese DUH. And I'm pretty sure the Roman alphabet (which is a phonetic alphabet) is not "the Chinese way" to begin with

[@yongxiong6703]

​@@colocado6685 I'm happy to share my ideas if someone truly want to know something (like "why not just write Chinese phonetically"). but your overreaction to your ignorance will only makes you look like an idiot.

[@colocado6685]

@@yongxiong6703 oh there was another comment. Shit. Already lost it :( Fuck it. Why not? Tell me why "not pronounce it phonetically when using a phonetic alphabet"

[@giannb5145]

Minor correction on the western border of the Qing map. The Qing also included eastern Kazakhstan (the border being at Lake Balkhash) and most of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. These lands were lost to Russia in the 1860s.

[@dongkwon1242]

Maps are not accurate.

[@emonsuparman9248]

Yes I believe Qing Map China controlled Tajikistan, half of Kyrgistan, but I didn't believe China under Qing Dynasty controlled Kazakhstan

[@giannb5145]

@@emonsuparman9248 Qing controlled the south-east of modern Kazakhstan, the border being Lake Balkhash. Russia annexed these lands in the 1860s

[@javierromero9993]

Well done synopsis. Keep 'em coming.

[@blackmoon2128]

thank you for existing, these kinds of 'introductions' to history makes far easier for one to delve deeper into those topics and even enable people already familiar with them to connect dots more easily.

[@jackliu5269]

Very much agree

[@hyouzanren1846]

Its amazing throught out these chaos each dynasties still manage to write history and kept it safe for thousand of years!

[@Veiljustin83]

Cos china dynasty has a habit of keeping historical records to learn from the mistakes (Which they never do) and the greatness of their ancestors. All dynasties have a historian position where his job is just to record everything that has happened. Some records may be destroyed during the wars but a lot of them are preserved and brought over to the next dynasty that succeeded. China officials are split into 2 types, the scholar type and the warrior type.

[@rogerzhang5417]

The very first, all of the dynasties are broken by people at the bottom of society.

[@chandrawangsa7796]

All this histories some are compiled in... you can say an "encyclopedia" like Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian (94 B.C.) and many others "encyclopedia", yeah so the records keep safe for many centuries

[@user-nk8rh6ee2y]

因为每个朝代的皇帝都有一个共识，那就是国可灭，史不可灭。

[@lowgalaxy7232]

The history of a dynasty was writtern by its successor. In ancient China you can't write the history of your own dynasty.

[@polishpat95]

That's EXACTLY what I needed to see. Exactly what I was looking for! Huge fan a three kingdoms era. Not only because of total war series. But also three kingdoms (2010) chinese tv show.

[@jameslindsay24601]

Excellent summary Epimetheus, thank you

[@tantpwei]

The reason why Qin Shihuang is translated as 'first Emperor' is because after the unification of China, Qin dynasty introduced the title 'Huang-di' '皇帝', which is a combination of titles for ancient sage-kings of China (三皇五帝). This title is claimed by all sub-sequent emperors. Hence Chinese would translate the title 'Huang-di' '皇帝' as 'emperor', and consider Qin Shihuang to be the first emperor. The ruler of Shang and Zhou uses the title 'King' (王) while the states loyal to Shang and Zhou uses noble ranks equivalent count duke etc... (公侯..) The state of Qin removed the Zhou king towards the end of warring state, but shortly before that a number of states including the state of Qin already claiming the title of 'King' (王) for themselves.

[@sasino]

I think it's also worth noting that the English name of "China" comes from "Qin"; it entered Romance languages as "Qina", "Cina", and then entered English as "China". The "i" became an "AI" sound because English continuously changed the way they read words overtime.

[@fliu5282]

Men, such a b.s. hisory, full of inaccurate dates and historic record. I would give you F for grade. 6:35 You should paint Taiwan (ROC) GREEN and not PINK while China is RED. This video is sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party. f off...

[@monstermash7487]

Thank you for making this, maybe cause of the names I find Chinese history incredibly hard to follow, its also difficult to find sources that break it down like this without over complicating, after you painted this picture in my head I can now go further with pieces and learn about specific dynasties.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Awesome! Glad you liked it :D that is exatly why I made this...I have read a couple books on Chinese dynasties...but then they (the order) gets jumbled in my head a little. After making this pretty sure they will stay lined up correctly in my head :)

[@fliu5282]

Men, such a b.s. hisory, full of inaccurate dates and historic record. I would give you F for grade. 6:35 You should paint Taiwan (ROC) GREEN and not PINK while China is RED. This video is sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party. f off...

[@juliachiu535]

China does not have 5000 years of history. There was no such country named China. China was only formed a hundred years ago. In ancient times, there were all other countries in the that land, nothing was called China. It is all lie by the Communist.

[@KoflerDavid]

If you're interested in the history of China, it's probably worth it to learn the characters of at least the major dynasties. A lot of the confusion would disappear then. Some of these characters are even still used in the modern language, or are surnames now. Therefore, knowing them is maybe useful for other purposes as well.

[@WSOJ3]

Goes like this (by significant periods): 3 Emperors Era (pre-historical tribal period), 5 Sovereigns Era (pre-historical tribal period), Xia Dynasty (first officially formed dynasty following the 5 Sovereigns Era, backed by archeological findings, but no writing found from the period), Shang Dynasty (first dynasty backed by numerous archeological findings and with writings on), Zhou Dynasty, Spring-Autumn Warring States Era, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, 3 Kingdoms Era, Jin Dynasty, South-North Dual Dynasties era, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, ROC, PRC.

[@hengzolie8228]

That is a great and brief description I really love it, but if u produce detailed videos, it will be even more amazing. Thank you

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Wow, I did not think it is possible to sum up all of the dynasties of China in such a short amount of time. Good work overall!

[@AurelioSon]

It would be nice to add a drawn timeline bar at the bottom with different colors from the different dynasties/periods

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Good suggestion :)

[@AurelioSon]

Hey thank you! Love your content!

[@yantingli8651]

images.chinahighlights.com/allpicture/2017/07/99a04d09f69f4ac7b474c509.jpg this should give a good comparison. just knowing the "tang song yuan Ming Qing " will be sufficient. many Chinese themselves might not be able to link all dynasty together correctly

[@moclykim8220]

The northern part of the great wall is not Chinese land.It was dominated by Mongolian and Manchurian ,Koreans.Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall of China to prevent so-called Northern Orang Cae.Since then, China was conquered by the Kim Dynasty and Mongolia.also the Manchurians conquered China and ruled for 300 years (1616~1912). Manchuria Wonryugo(滿洲源流考) compiled during Qing Dynasty, also identifies that 金(kim) Dynasty is originated from the surname of the king of Silla (korea) 대금(大金, 여진어:  /amba-an antʃu-un/[1], 1115년 1월 28일 ~ 1234년) 金=Kim=korean family name "The Gojoseon(ancient korea) civilization that appeared 5,000 years ago was the third ancient civilization in the world after the Mesopotamian civilization (5500 years ago) and the Egyptian civilization (5100 years ago). The Gojoseon civilization was 1500 years ahead of the Hwangha(china) civilization.

[@mikeli8318]

@@moclykim8220 Korea is the best and only superpower of the world

[@sandraclout1906]

Thank you for your time and postings

[@user-si8he8cj2k]

Came here after reading Kingdom manga. It made me curious about everything related to China's unification down to the real characters.

[@FBI-yi6rn]

I was forced to learn this in 5th-10th grade, and now I remember NOTHING of it. This video thought me more in 7 minutes than 5 years of history in class.

[@rickdeckard804]

That’s not the teachers fault. That’s your fault.

[@gaylord3592]

@@rickdeckard804 I don’t blame him, 5 years of CHINESE history is a bit hard to remember. 可是本片解得好/plus this video was explained pretty well.

[@sophiepaiva1473]

That’s your fault. I learned this in middle school and still remember half because I watched a lot of dramas.

[@FBI-yi6rn]

@@sophiepaiva1473 HAHAAH good one

[@FBI-yi6rn]

@@rickdeckard804 okay, you're the smart guy.

[@donovan5656]

Favorite dynasty is the Tang. They had a fondness for thick women, among all the other cool things going on during that time.

[@hmmmhmmm6917]

T H I C C

[@martytu20]

Yang Guifei is T H I C C

[@user-xm3qh8mr1v]

thicc

[@espadac4746]

And they did not discriminate against any race nor creed, anyone is welcomed as long as their talented and useful to the empire.

[@Surstromming22]

what the fuck is thicc??

[@yogi9631]

Great stuff. Thanks for upload

[@HAngeli]

Thank you for making this. O will rewatch. So much information.

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Your work is really impressive sadly you are underrated

[@Dan-qn9ob]

Elias Frahat I need your help

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Dan it is fine how can I help you :)

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Dan I guess I can help what points do you need

[@Dan-qn9ob]

Elias Frahat do you have Instagram?

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Dan yes ly0x_

[@kclee6968]

My late grandfather had migrated from Kwangtung, China together with his addiction to British opium to colonial Malaya. He spent most of his daily life in the opium den in Malaya.

[@lanlantulan]

Thanks to United Kingdom?

[@sophiepaiva1473]

Moral of the story: don’t do drugs

[@eb94499]

@@sophiepaiva1473 be like the Brits sell them instead and force a country to accept the opium trade

[@TheKaMeLRo]

My great grand fathers came to Thailand from Hainan, had kids and then died. This is all I know.

[@juliachiu535]

China does not have 5000 years of history. There was no such country named China. China was only formed a hundred years ago. In ancient times, there were all other countries in the that land, nothing was called China. It is all lie by the Communist.

[@keeganbradly5982]

Hey Epimetheus, I Like Your Videos, They're Are Great!

[@yournightmare2952]

Hey, thank you so much. I had so many doubts in my mind after watching historical dramas but many of them are cleared now.

[@alaricthescholar2517]

You have such colorful and detailed illustrations! Really makes the history come alive.

[@Linfamy]

I love this video, concise and informative!

[@taidordz]

Aye Linfamy, the future celebrity of KZbin Japanese History!!!

[@teatime4264]

HUGE THANKS for making this and yes I'm sharing!

[@Bellasie1]

Well done, your videos are a great way to make these topics accessible to all or just refresh old memories from past studies.

[@rodkirsop4291]

Epimetheus is the best! A fantastic concise history of Chinese dynasties. Thank you Epimetheus.

[@marcotam6285]

Really liked this condensed version of Chinese history. Definitely beat pouring over all the Wikipedia pages and putting everything together. Thanks for making this! If there is any opportunity to expand a bit more on the success and achievements of each time period, that would be awesome!

[@dongpan8931]

if you don't know, you can get to know the surnames of the Chinese people. Since the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou carried out the enfeoffment system and divided his descendants to various places. His descendants took the land as their surname, while the Shang Dynasty before the Zhou Dynasty was a vassal state ruled by the Xia Dynasty before the Shang Dynasty, and the Xia Dynasty was also a group gathered by the tribes in the Yellow River valley. The Xia Dynasty was the first slave country established by Yao and Shun, the Yellow Emperor, because of Yu's meritorious service in flood control. So, the Chinese have been a family since 5000 years ago.

[@Beakeaveny]

Excellent, look forward to seeing many more!

[@tylerjames5149]

Thank you for making this

[@jacquespineault8197]

What I like the most on this video compared to some of your other videos (like the Assyrians) is that you show the dates of the events. Very well done.

[@weareorigin]

This guy taught me more about China, than in 12 years of Ohio public schooling did.

[@snowdog03]

WRO I'm certain you learned much more about Chinese history than was taught about American history over there.

[@fansongyi]

I learned more on youtube than my 12 years schooling in China

[@isaacjiang1831]

Songyi Fan dude this is all requifed knowledge if you ever passed.

[@stevenw2933]

actually that is not the case. History is a huge deal in China and as America was/is the most powerful country in the world Chinese people know more about American History than vice versa. But perhaps thats more of a commentary on how little Americans know about the rest of the world than any particular praise for chinese education. Learning English is also mandatory in all chinese schools from grade 1. Most continue to study english into post secondary education.

[@simonli6865]

Songyi Fan LOL, that’s funny. You definitely suck at being a student.

[@thearmchairreporter]

Great video! So much info in 7 mins.

[@TheMoeShun]

Do you ever post your sources? I’d love to read more about this!

[@GoldenOwlEvents]

Great video! Very easy to understand, enjoyable to watch. Good introduction to Chinese history. Thank you for making it!

[@rogerwang2435]

such a great video!! when I try to self study china's history, I always get lost in the procession of dynasties, and their relations to one another. the visual presentation of each dynasty and its territory and a brief intro of each time period all wrapped in one video is very helpful.

[@FuckChina_Fuck]

China like sh!t.

[@juliachiu535]

China does not have 5000 years of history. There was no such country named China. China was only formed a hundred years ago. In ancient times, there were all other countries in the that land, nothing was called China. It is all lie by the Communist.

[@user-qt9yw3qu6j]

haha follow my ins I can help u

[@konigsrustung8115]

Videos about Chinese idiom-stories with storytelling and commtens (spoken in German with English subtitel): Playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWebZ5KNZtdoqsU.

[@timecrashv5wu709]

Its so awesome that you make this video all by yourself!

[@MikesHomeESL]

Excellent work bro! Keep it up!

[@talkstospiders]

I really like that you don’t hype everything up or try to talk super fast.

[@AZZaidi]

Great video! I'd love to see what you come up with if you take a more detailed view of history.

[@Unpopular_0pinion]

Thanks for making this

[@christheconquerer9944]

Your vids are great man you’re awesome!

[@holyholyholy40]

I liked this a lot!! Do more like these!

[@reach2prasanna]

As an Indian, I love listening to and reading about China. China and India benefitted from each other's knowledge. Chinese would send their monks to India to learn spiritualism, especially about Buddhism during the early part of the 1st millennium. They'd visit and stay for years together in Nalanda University in present day Bihar and learn the ways of monks who lived, researched and taught there. Indian monks would travel to China and helped translate many Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit to Mandarin. It's a shame that two countries that used to be the closest of friends and who suffered equally due to foreign aggression and colonialism are now vying for each other's blood. Hope things change quickly and we're back to our friendly ways soon.

[@kleash]

🇨🇳 🤝🇮🇳

[@NzBoyz77]

Thanks for the great content

[@BlueGravity777]

Fastest history lesson I've ever had. Good job.

[@geleksamphel4558]

Although I appreciate your attempt of simplifying Chinese history to the general mass, but still finds the need of pointing out few mistakes, the bronze mask that was depicted in 1:16 was actually from sanxindui civilization, yes they are believed to be an ancient Chinese civilization, but they have no tie with shang dynasty. The building of great Wall actually started before emperor shi Huandi who founded the qin dynasty, there are evidence of the wall being built during the Waring States period, but he did made it famous, the great Wall you see on the magazine or book covers are builted during Ming dynasty. Lastly, when you are talking about the sui dynasty, you had a picture of emperor wei wendi,cao pi who is the son caocao the famous warlord of the three kingdom period, the chinese text on the painting reads" emperor Wei Wendi, Cao Pi". Yeah, the chinese name and country are pain in the ass to know and I do appreciate your efforts.

[@jackliu5269]

This is the best condensed China history explained in any language that I had seen on KZbin. I am a fan of Chinese history, due to surprise awaking of the culture richness of my parents' old country, my heritage; I didn't know until by chance got involved at work.

[@user-se9jx7ke2d]

你有没有line呢？我想我可以和你交流中国文化

[@mingwang5745]

Your parents are Chinese.？

[@sylview9991]

Great video! Minor correction with the map. Island of Taiwan was called 夷洲 (Yizhou) in history and it was part of Kingdom Wu from the Three kingdom dynasty, as recorded in the book of 临海水土志, a book written by Shen Ying from Kingdom Wu at 230 AD.

[@chukwumaolisehemekaouwarre3236]

The history kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5q7aJaCppWCmqc.k

[@EL-gz3sh]

Many of terrority was lost during its time. Taiwan was lost and claimed by KMT.

[@dddanw6268]

@@EL-gz3sh Not lost. In fact, the civil war has not finished

[@oivinf]

It was never part of Wu, they merely explored there. There is zero evidence of permanent Wu settlement or governance

[@user-vq7by5yv6c]

are you robot? he said the Kingdom Wu period. @@EL-gz3sh

[@AlvinC-sz3li]

Very well done! Have been living in US for almost 4 years, and it is really hard to find even objective videos about China. But yours is very amazing, and pretty much accurate!

[@edukid1984]

There's actually an excellent series on History of China produced by CCTV available on KZbin - unfortunately there's no English subtitles! It's a private wish of mine to provide English captions for them when I find the time; it's such a waste that audience in the West can't access them. There are exactly 100 episodes (about 45 minutes each), and its narration stops at the end of Imperial China so there's very little propaganda or ideological stuff from the PRC =)

[@Andy-hz2ef]

M C I’ve lived here for about 11 years now.

[@simianto9957]

@@edukid1984 The name..?

[@jackliu5269]

It'll be really hard to find objective videos about China that would be agreed by those from mainland China.

[@fliu5282]

Men, such a b.s. hisory, full of inaccurate dates and historic record. I would give you F for grade. 6:35 You should paint Taiwan (ROC) GREEN and not PINK while China is RED. This video is sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party. f off...

[@NangongReng1973]

Just a bit of info left out.Before Yuan Dynasty, u left out the Jin which destroyed the Liao.But I still give u thumbs up for great effort .

[@hwasiaqhan8923]

Jin is not recognised as a legitimate Chinese dynasty

[@NangongReng1973]

The Emperor Of China Is Liao and Xixia 'legitimate' Chinese dynasty?

[@hwasiaqhan8923]

漢子 No

[@NangongReng1973]

Have u listen to what Mr Yuan Teng Fei said?Although Liao ,Xixia, Jin are considered 'outsider', they are still considered as part of the Chinese historical dynasty chronicle. Especially Liao and Jin which has mostly adopted the Han way of governance and has many Han people serving them and most of the territories they occupied are where ancient capitals are. Even Beijing is in their territories. Where are all these ppl now? They have assimilated into the big family which we called Chinese. If u leave them out, that means u don't recognised them as part of the 56 ethnic groups that China have now.

[@hwasiaqhan8923]

漢子 Their descendants may be chinese today, but that doesn’t means they were “chinese”. The yaoi that arrived at japan weren’t “Japanese”. Same scenario here. Jin Liao xixia werent recognised as legitimate dynasties by Ming dynasty, Ming dynasty called them 胡虜, that’s not very chinese, they are apart of chinese history but that doesn’t make them China.

[@gilllecaudalie3007]

such amazing video! thanks so much

[@k.c1126]

This is a useful overview. Thanks for sharing.

[@KentrenYeh]

Really well made content! Keep going, you just earned my subscription! I LOVE your Channel.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thank you Kentren! Glad you found my channel :)

[@88hyperman]

Good job here and I love the art work!

[@wendaoliu9447]

Thanks for making the video! one thing is that the picture on 4:02 is actually the first emperor of Wei Dynasty which was replaced by Jin Dynasty shortly later

[@andyliu7922]

hi me lol

[@lerkkweed]

That was great. Learned tons in a few minutes. Thanks.

[@ginavandonk5505]

Awesome, thanks for time and effort putting this all together!

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Your welcome! Glad you liked it :)

[@jasond1429]

It’s the morning of the test I think we all know why you’re here

[@Dragons_Armory]

Great video man, small points I noticed. Both the Tang and the Ming were much bigger than shown, Although only for short intervals less than 40 years. The Tang once stretched into what is Mongolia today and was as far westward as the Aral Sea (although it was largely inherited from the Western Gokturk Khaganate and was never truly administered directly by the imperial bureaucracy but more through vassals.) As for the Ming dynasty, during the reign of it's first several emperors- especially during the rule of the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, he expanded Ming territories across what is Manchuria and also the far east coast of Russia. Keep up the awesome works.

[@coxwang40]

yes, the maps in the video about Tang and Ming were not the biggest territory they ever had.

[@dongpan8931]

Wrong, the Tang Dynasty set up administrative agencies at the provincial level to protect the capital in the western regions.

[@dongpan8931]

@@coxwang40 Wrong, the Tang Dynasty set up administrative agencies at the provincial level to protect the capital in the western regions.

[@user-ht5mq8yt3m]

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[@EasternOrthodox101]

🤺☦🇷🇺❤🇨🇳Chinese are descendants of Obal son of Joktan, the Hebrew, in the line of Shem. Here is their ancient lineage👉 *YOKTAN* (Qatanites; east Asians): *Almodad* (Amerindians: Olmec, Maya, Inca, Sioux, Cheyenne... YUCATAN - ne/nw/c/s.Amarica) *Sheleph* (NaDenes: Slavey, Dakelh, Navajo... - nw.Canada/s.USA) *Hazarmaveth* (Hadramaut: Oman, s.Arabia - A.Australians/Micronesians/Pacific Islanders) *Yerakh* (Inuits: Aleut,Yupik... •Yuuyaraq♤Tarqeq -Yukon, Greenland/Alaska/n.Canada) *Hadoram* (Tai/Siam: "Rаm"◇praeRhaem◇ Ahom>dharma+rhmañña - Thailand, Laos) *Uzal* (Turkics: Siberians - Yakuts, Ouzes, Oguz, Turkmen, Selkup..) *Diklah* (Koreans: Silla, Baekje, Goryeo) *Obal* (Han Chinese: Balhae, Mohe, Malgal) *Abimael* (Malays: Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia♧"Malang") *Sheba* (Romani: Indians, Sri Lankas) *Ophir* (Austronesians: Indonesia> "golden isles" - Philippines, Polynesians, Pacific Islanders) *Khavila* (Tibetans: Burmese, Andamanese, Bhutanese, Japanese) *Yobab* (Mongols: Xianbei/Shiwei/Khitan)

[@pvp6077]

Excellent break down, thank you :)

[@jsjxyz]

Thank you for excellent work

[@ZerogunRivale]

Great video, but i'd love to see a 70 minute super detailed version of this from you. Every dynasty and era of China is just so fascinating.

[@tipinwings]

ZerogunRivale even a 7 years program of bachelor plus masters degrees can not cover all the Chinese dynasties in detail.

[@lyd2550]

You need some Chinese history books.Come there,All of them just $100.😎😎

[@matthewdonovan1240]

Thanks for the brilliant video. I'd never known there had been so many dynasties in China and so much history. I've subscribed to the channel and look forward to the next video.

[@rimcage3528]

Thanks for this 7 mins summary of the Chinese dynasties. This is indispensable video for teaching history since kids nowadays are mostly having short span of attention.

[@nowthen3150]

Great video. Thank you!!

[@MikeAnderson-mh2og]

Very impressive video on the entirety Chinese History. Great description on the Tang Dynasty which was China's golden age. Keep these vids up !

[@feelsgoodman9751]

I wish u made a longer more detailed video about the epic history of China. there's just so much to tell

[@ValdezJu]

5,000 years of Chinese history 7 minutes! Epimetheus is probably working on follow-up videos now (hope so!)!

[@Rigmealee]

Thank you for the history of my own country in a few minutes. Keep up the great work!

[@op9764]

Hate China from TW

[@luischavarriaga7343]

This was great information, THANKS.

[@SolracCAP]

Love your videos, should definitely have more subs for the quality.

[@sunbang9000]

The most famous topic of a dynasty: 1. Xia -- question at History books VS Archaeological evidence 2. Shang -- inscriptions on bones 3. Zhou -- the system of enfeoffment 4. Spring autumn & warrior period -- legendary guys, legendary stories 5. Qin -- the first empire of China 6. Han -- influence spreading, even today, Chinese still call them self 'han' 7. Three kingdoms -- the romance of three kingdoms 8. Jin -- Dynasty for "hippie" 9. Sui -- The emperor did the things that should be done in many generations, so he was f**ked up 10. Tang -- the peak of China 11. Song -- the weakest yet the longest empire, dynasty for literati 12. Yuan -- Dark age of China 13. Ming -- Geek emperors, special agents, rising of folk cultures 14. Qing -- Darker age of China A.K.A China was fucked by wild pig

[@lilithshopping7904]

Qing was not a Dark age of China.Quite the contrary

[@kihuu4055]

AGREE

[@user-xj9im4kq9n]

yes, Qing was the darkest age, it weaken entire Asia

[@qi8705]

In fact, Song is the peak, not Tang. Tang is the most powerful, but powerful =/=peak.

[@nobblkpraetorian5623]

Yuan dynasty is not a dark age either. If there is ever a dark age of China it would be the Jin dynasty and the following Northern and Southern Dynasties.

[@jazz1056]

Just discovered your content now. Liked and subscribed👍

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Awesome, thank you!

[@leahbj7944]

This was awesome. Thank you!

[@elilluesmaangel9142]

Very clearly explained and helpful, thank you!

[@connormurphy683]

Early civilizations Zhou - used writing, slaves Shang - origin of Taoism, Confucianism, autonomous subdivisions Warring states - China was divided Qin - Qin Shi Huangdi, unified China but force and destroying regional identities. Built canal + terracotta army Han - took over when Qin Shi Huangdi died. Existed at the same time as Rome. Silk road + civil service. First golden age Three kingdoms period - three different emperors claimed succession Jin - reunified under military rule Northern and Southern dynasty - warlords split Sui - reunification. Brief Tang - second golden age. Spear Chinese culture. Five dynasties Song - compass, gun powder, printing Yuan - Mongols Ming - prosperous, art, pottery Qing

[@user-nr1ze8bg9c]

You got Shang and Zhou reversed bro = =

[@blessedevelyn339]

Xia - Abrahamic Christianity. King Yu was for sure a Christian pre-Jesus.

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

What about the Qing? It's just empty.

[@guilhermehx7159]

@@HattieMcDanielonaMoon the worst dinasty

[@Tatiana-jt9hd]

Qing - (nothing haha)

[@Hailbert]

Pretty accurate and easy to understand considering it’s done in such short time frame.

[@usworldtvnews6102]

Thank you. Top presentation . well done !