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

Check out my video on the 3 kingdoms period of Chinese history (between the Han and Jin dynasties) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-18K99HXTp7o.html 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

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

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

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

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.

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

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).

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.

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

Thank you for making the Tang Dynasty orange

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Well done synopsis. Keep 'em coming.

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

nice content. you should upload more on this topic

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Excellent summary Epimetheus, thank you

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.

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!

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

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

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

Your work is really impressive sadly you are underrated

Great stuff. Thanks for upload

Thank you for your time and postings

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.

I love this video, concise and informative!

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

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. 😊

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

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

Excellent, look forward to seeing many more!

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.

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.

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

Great video! So much info in 7 mins.

This is the best condensed China history explained in any language that I had seen on RU-vid. 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.

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!

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

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

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

Excellent work bro! Keep it up!

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

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

This is a useful overview. Thanks for sharing.

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!

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

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 RU-vid. Enjoy. ❤

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

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

Good job here and I love the art work!

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

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.

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

Your vids are great man you’re awesome!

Excellent break down, thank you :)

Thank you. Top presentation . well done !

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.

Very clearly explained and helpful, thank you!

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.

Great share! Thank you for the knowledge

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.

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

Thanks for the great content

Great video. Thank you!!

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.

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

such amazing video! thanks so much

Thank you for making this

hey, I'm Social Studies major and I find your channel very informative in easy to understand :) 😊👍👏

Thanks for creating this video, it is very educational and easy to understand.

This is very short and simplified but also accurate, as a Chinese history buff and a Chinese myself I can confirm this. Good job 👏

Just discovered your content now. Liked and subscribed👍

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

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.

Thank you for excellent work

Keep up with the hard work my friend, !

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

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

It's a great and interesting explanation. At 4:09, when talking about SUI dynasty, the painting used is actually the first empire of WEI (at 3:30). Still a good video. Thanks.

This is very well done. Good job.

Great video!!! My ancestors moved south from China to the Philippines around the latter 1800s. The history if the Filipino-Chinese people is very colourful too, if little known actually. Kudos to you and looking forward to more of your videos!

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 .

Thanks for making this

Thanks a lot for making this video! This is exactly the overview I needed for my Korean history class :)

Great little video. Fantastic quick history. Many thanks.

Your work is really amazing. I love history. Loved this video. Parallel to these short videos Could you please make longer ones that go into greater details. Could you please make a similar one about the Indian Subcontinent and About the Aryans and Indo Aryans. I would love to help in any way possible. Keep up the amazing work.

This was awesome. Thank you!

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

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.

Great contend! I'm more than happy to subscribe!

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