China is one of the earliest developed countries in the world with a written history of nearly 4,000 years. The ancient history of China has gone through the following stages: primitive society, slave society (/kloc-0.7 million years ago-476 BC) and feudal society. Among them, feudal society can be divided into five stages: First, the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties were the stages of the formation and initial development of feudal society. Second, the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties were the stages of feudal state division and national integration. Third, the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties were the prosperous stages of feudal society. Fourthly, Liao, Song, Xia, Jin and Yuan were the stages of further strengthening national integration and continuing development of feudal economy. 5. The Ming and Qing Dynasties (before the Opium War) were a period of consolidation of a unified multi-ethnic country and gradual decline of feudal system.

brief introduction

China is one of the important cradles of mankind. After a long evolution, primitive people and clan tribes appeared in different periods, such as Yuanmou people, Lantian people, Beijingers, cavemen and Banpo people. At the same time, they experienced several stages: primitive people, matriarchal society and paternal society.

China is an ancient country with splendid civilization. Since entering the threshold of civilization, China has experienced Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Qin, Western Han, Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, Sixteen Eastern Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, Song, Liao, Xia, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Rulers of the past dynasties, with their own achievements, staged dramas of different contents on the historical stage, which were either immortal or infamous. Among them, in Xia, Shang, Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn Period, it experienced the whole process of the development of slave society. From the Warring States period, the feudal society was conceived and formed, and the first centralized and unified feudal empire in the history of China was established in the Qin Dynasty. Since then, the Han Dynasty was a stage of rapid growth of feudal society, and the Tang and Song Dynasties experienced the most glorious era of feudal society. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, feudal society declined from prosperity to decline, and finally began to enter a troubled modern society.

In thousands of years of ancient history, the Chinese nation, with its tenacious will and pioneering wisdom, has written a magnificent historical picture, and at the same time created extremely brilliant material civilization and spiritual civilization in world history. The Great Wall of Wan Li, the Grand Canal, the Forbidden City in Ming and Qing Dynasties and various unearthed cultural relics all reflect bold and superb production techniques; At the same time, countless outstanding figures have been produced in the fields of thought, culture, science and technology, and unparalleled profound achievements have been created; Numerous scientific and technological achievements, including compass, papermaking, gunpowder and printing [1], have benefited all mankind.