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Timelines for China, Japan, Korea
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Date	CHINA	JAPAN	KOREA		Non-Asian World
B.C.
1045	Establishment of Zhou Kingdom (to 221 B.C.; strong state only to 771)				Era of Trojan War Buddha and Socrates, c. 5th century B.C.
771-221	Period of fragmentation
551-489	Confucius's lifetime
221-208	Qin Dynasty establishes Imperial State
206	Han Dynasty begins (endures to A.D. 220)
c. 100	Han Dynasty makes Confucianism state orthodoxy
					Roman Empire, 31 B.C. (to A.D. 476 in W. Europe)
A.D.
c. 100	Buddhism enters China	"Uji Period" approx. 1st - 6th centuries	"Three Kingdoms" period (states of Koguryo, Paekche, Silla), c. 100 - 668		Fall of Rome, 476 Dark Ages in Europe
220-589	Six Dynasties era of disunity. Neo-Daoist movement among elite (early in period); rapid spread of Buddism
589-617	Sui Dynasty,589-617	Yamato State c. 550-645			Lifetime of Mohammed, c. 570-632 Charlemagne crowned emperor, 800 Feudal Europe
618-907	Tang Dynasty China. Early Tang -- to 755: Growth of exam system; poetry; cosmopolitan culture at capital of Chang-an and other urban centers
645-710		Taika Period, 645-710
668-935			Silla Kingdom, 668-935
710-784		Nara Period, 710-784 New capital
755	Rebellion of An Lu-shan
794-1160		Heian Japan, 794-1160 New capital, modeled on Chang-an Age of aristocratic culture; Pillow Book, c. 1000
907-960	Five Dynasties, brief period of disunity
935-1392			Koryo Kingdom, 935-1392 Mongol control in Korea Chinese influence high
960-1279	Song Dynasty: "Northern Song" to 1127
1127	Fall of North China to Jurchen nomads; start of "Southern Song Period" Rise of Neo-Confucianism				Norman conquest of England, 1066 Era of Crusades
1185-1336		Kamakura Period, 1185-1336 The Feudal Era begins. Rise of the Samurai class and establishment of governance by the shogun
1279-1368	Mongol Yuan Dynasty Marco Polo in China
1336-1573		Ashikaga Period, 1336-1573 Weaker shogunal government.
1368-1644	Ming Dynasty, Extended period of Chinese rule over China
1392-1910			Yi Dynasty, 1392-1910 Hideyoshi's invasions		Early Renaissance in Italy
		Great Warlords reunify samurai state -- Hideyoshi's Korean wars			Era of Columbus's voyages; Shakespeare
1600-1867		Tokugawa Period, 1600-1868
1644-1911	Manchu Qing Dynasty in power, 1644- 1911
					American & French Revolutions (1776 & 1789);
					Napoleon in power (1799 - 1814) Industrial Revolution in Europe & America 18th & 19th centuries
Modern Era
1840s	Opium War 1840-42	Perry Mission to "open" Japan, 1853- 54			Socialist ideas in Europe
1850s	Taiping Rebellion 1851-64				US President Fillmore sends Perry Mission
1860s					US Civil War
	Self-Strengthening Period 1864-94	Meiji Restoration 1868
1870s		Satsuma Rebellion 1877			Karl Marx dies, 1883 Spanish-American War; US becomes imperialist power, 1898
1880s		Sale of government industries to new zaibatsu 1881 Constitution 1889
1890s	Sino-Japanese War 1894-95; China cedes to Japan Taiwan & rights in Manchuria The Hundred Days, 1898	Sino-Japanese War, Japan becomes imperialist power	Sino-Japanese War, Japan replaces China as dominant in Korea
1900s	Boxers, 1900	Russo-Japanese War 1904- 5			US President Teddy Roosevelt Hosts Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, 1905
1910s	Republican Revolution -- Period of Republican / Nationalist China (ROC) 1911 21 Demands from Japan 1915 Warlord government 1917-27 May 4th Movement 1919	Colonization of Korea 1910	Korea as Japanese colony, 1910-1945 March 1st Protest 1919		World War I 1914-18 US President Woodrow Wilson's Self-Determination of Nations doctrine Russian Revolution 1917 Versailles Treaty 1919
1920s	CCP Founded 1921 KMT-CCP Alliance 1923- 27 Sun Yat-sen dies, 1925 Northern Expedition 1927 KMT's Nanjing Decade 1927-37	Period of Liberal policies			Mussolini's Fascism in Italy, 1922 Death of Lenin, 1924 Stock Market Crash 1929
early '30s	Japan Invades Manchuria 1931 Long March 1934-35 Sian Incident 1936 Japan Invades China 1937 "War of Resistance" Against Japan US armies in China as allies 1941-45	Invasion of Manchuria 1931 Invasion of China 1937 Pearl Harbor 12/7/1941 Hiroshima & Nagasaki August 6 & 9, 1945			Worldwide Depression Nazi's take power in Germany, 1933 Stalin's purges in USSR World War II in Europe 1939-45 Pearl Harbor 12/7/1941
1937 to 1945 WW II in E. Asia
late '40s	Civil War 1946- 49 KMT to Taiwan, 1949	U.S. Occupation	US & Soviets in Korea 1945-48		Cold War begins 1946 US adopts "Containment Policy"
	"Liberation," PRC est., October 1, 1949		SOUTH Syngman Rhee President ROK, 1948-60	NORTH Kim Il Sung President DPRK, 1948- 94
1950s	Communist era of PRC Sino-Soviet Split 1956 100 Flowers, 1956-7 Anti-Rightist Campaign 1957 Great Leap Forward 1958-59	US Occupation ends, 1952	Korean War, 1950-53	Korean War, 1950-53	MacArthur fired 1951 Death of Stalin 1953
		Elections bring LDP to power
1960s	Socialist Ed. Movement 1962-65 Cultural Revolution 1966-76		Park Chung Hee President 1961- 79		Vietnam War 1965-73 Peak of radical politics in US & Europe, 1968
1970s	Nixon in China 1972 Deaths of Zhou & Mao; Arrest of Gang of Four 1976 Deng Xiaoping in Power 1977- 97 Democracy Wall Incident 1978	Japanese export trade booms	Park assassinated, 1979		Ping-Pong team visits, 1971 Nixon to China, 1972 US shifts diplomatic ties from Taiwan to PRC, 1977
1980s	Democracy grows in Taiwan Tiananmen, 1989 Jiang Zemin, President & PRC Chairman, 1989 -	Japanese economy becomes world's second largest	Kwangju Uprising, 1980 Chun Doo Hwan Pres. ROK, 1980- 87 Roh Tae Woo Pres. ROK, 1987-93		Reagan era; peak of conservative politics in US & Europe Gorbachev in USSR, 1985
1990s	Hong Kong reverts to Chinese control, 1997 Zhu Rongji, PRC Premier 1998 - Relations with US tense after bombing of PRC embassy in Belgrade in Kosovo War Taiwan (ROC) President Lee Deng Hui calls for "state to state" Taiwan/PRC negotiations, 1999	LDP corruption leads to loss of power monopoly "Bubble Economy" bursts -- recession	Kim Young Sam, Pres. ROK, 1993-98 Kim Dae Jung Pres., ROK, 1998-2003	Threat of nuclear weapon development leads to negotiated settlement with US. Increased contact with South Korea. Death of Kim Il Sung DPRK 1994 Kim Jong Il Pres. DPRK, 1994 - Famine in DPRK	Dissolution of USSR 1991 Asian Financial Crisis 1997
2000s	Taiwan's 2000 elections: Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Shui-bian ends KMT hold on ROC power. "Fourth Generation" of PRC leaders lead dramatic growth of China to world's third largest economy. 2008 Taiwan rejects strong anti-PRC stance and restores KMT to power. PRC hosts Olympics.	Slow recovery from economic downturn - economy remains world's second largest, but far outpaced by China's growth. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi strengthens LDP dominance and raises Japan's military profile by sending forces to Iraq.	Kim Dae Jung wins 2000 Nobel Peace Prize Roh Moo-hyun, Pres. 2003-08 Lee Myung-bak, Pres. 2008-	DPRK nuclear program restored in response to US "Axis of Evil" policy. Nuclear weapon tested, 2006.Negotiations reopen.	September 11 attacks, 2001 US War in Iraq 2003- World financial crisis, 2008-