Outline of ancient China

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient China:

Ancient China – China under the rule of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, beginning around 2070 B.C. and extending until approximately 256 B.C.

Geography of ancient China

Locations in ancient China

• List of Bronze Age sites in China

Regions of ancient China

• Regions of ancient China during the Xia and Shang dynasties
• Nine Provinces
• # Ji Province
• # Jing Province
• # Liang Province
• # Qing Province
• # Xu Province
• # Yan Province
• # Yang Province
• # Yong Province
• # Yu Province

Government and politics of ancient China

• Political thought in ancient China
• Mandate of Heaven
• Ancient Chinese states
• Interstate relations during the Spring and Autumn period
• Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
• Aristocracy in ancient China (nobility)

Rulers in ancient China

• Kings of the Xia dynasty
• Yu the Great
• Qi
• Tai Kang
• Zhong Kang
• Xiang
• Shao Kang
• Zhu
• Huai
• Mang
• Xie
• Bu Jiang
• Jiong
• Jin
• Kong Jia
• Gao
• Fa
• Jie
• Kings of the Shang Dynasty
• Early Shang period
• Da Yi
• Da Ding
• Da Jia
• Bu Bing
• Da Geng
• Xiao Jia
• Da Wu
• Lü Ji
• Zhong Ding
• Bu Ren
• Jian Jia
• Zu Yi
• Zu Xin
• Qiang Jia
• Zu Ding
• Nan Geng
• Xiang Jia
• Yin period
• Pan Geng
• Xiao Xin
• Xiao Yi
• Wu Ding
• Zu Geng
• Zu Jia
• Lin Xin
• Kang Ding
• Wu Yi
• Wen Wu Ding
• Di Yi
• Di Xin

Ancient Chinese law

• Traditional Chinese law

Military history of ancient China

Military of ancient China

• Ancient Chinese armor
• Crossbow
• Military thought
• During the Zhou Dynasty
• Six Secret Teachings – attributed to Lü Shang (aka Jiang Ziya), a top general of King Wen of Zhou, founder of the Zhou dynasty
• During Warring States period – great period for military strategy; of the Seven Military Classics of China, four were written during this period:
• The Art of War – attributed to Sun Tzu, a highly influential study of strategy and tactics.
• Wuzi – attributed to Wu Qi, a statesman and commander who served the states of Wei and then Chu.
• Wei Liaozi – of uncertain authorship.
• The Methods of the Sima – attributed to Sima Rangju, a commander serving the state of Qin.

General history of ancient China

Ancient Chinese history, by period

History of ancient China

• Neolithic China () – predates ancient China
• Bronze Age China
• Xia dynasty ()
• Shang dynasty ()
• Zhou dynasty ( – 256 BC|BCE)
• Western Zhou (1046–771 BC)
• Iron Age China
• Zhou dynasty (continued)
• Eastern Zhou
• Spring and Autumn period (771 – 476 BC)
• Warring States period (475 – 221 BC)

Ancient Chinese history, by region

See also Regions of ancient China, above

• Ancient history of Beijing
• Ancient history of Shanghai
• Ye

Ancient Chinese history, by subject

See the rest of this outline

Works on ancient Chinese history

• Records of the Grand Historian
• The Cambridge History of Ancient China
• Twenty-Four Histories

Culture of ancient China

• Architecture in ancient China
• Ancient Chinese wooden architecture
• Dogs in ancient China
• Games in ancient China
• Chuiwan
• Cuju
• Go
• Liubo
• Mythology of China
• Chinese creation myth
• Chinese dragon
• Ancient Chinese urban planning
• Women in ancient and imperial China

Art in ancient China

Performing arts in ancient China

• Juggling in ancient China
• Music in ancient China
• Yayue

Language in ancient China

• Old Chinese or Archaic Chinese
• Classical Chinese or Literary Chinese
• History of names in ancient China
• History of Chinese personal names
• History of Chinese surnames in ancient China
• Origin of Chinese surnames
• Eight Great Surnames of Chinese Antiquity
• Evolution of written Chinese
• Oracle bone script – earliest confirmed evidence of the Chinese script yet discovered is the body of inscriptions carved on oracle bones from the late Shang dynasty (c. 1200–1050 BC).
• Chinese bronze inscriptions
• Seal script

Literature in ancient China

• Ancient Chinese classics

People in ancient China

• Ancient Chinese philosophers
• Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors

Philosophy in ancient China

Ancient Chinese philosophy

• Hundred Schools of Thought
• School of Names
• Ancient Chinese philosophers

Economics and infrastructure of ancient China

• Economic history of ancient China
• Coinage in ancient China

Science and technology of ancient China

• Chariots in ancient China
• Xi Zhong
• Bamboo and wooden slips
• Crossbow

See also

• Outline of ancient history
• Outline of ancient Egypt
• Outline of ancient Greece
• Outline of ancient India
• Outline of ancient Rome
• Early Imperial period
• Qin dynasty (221–206 BC)
• Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 CE)
• End of the Han dynasty (189 – 220 CE)

References

External links

1. Ancient China's Geography
2. Ancient China | Map, Timeline, & History - at TS Historical