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Ancient china was one of the oldest civilizations in the world and continues to the present day it has its origins in the yellow river basin where the first xia shang and zhou dynasties emerged lets dive into its development culture society religion and more. Dynasties in chinese history or chinese dynasties were hereditary monarchical regimes that ruled over china during much of its historyfrom the inauguration of dynastic rule by yu the great in circa 2070 bc to the abdication of the xuantong emperor on 12 february 1912 in the wake of the xinhai revolution china was ruled by a series of successive dynasties. Amazoncom ancient chinese dynasties world history 9781560066248 hall eleanor j books. Prepared by michael tsin previously assistant professor of chinese history columbia university currently associate professor of chinese history university of north carolina at chapel hill text c1995 columbia university asia in western and world history a guide for teaching. The history of china is generally presented according to the dynasty to which the periods ancient rulers belonged from its inauguration in c 2070 bc to the abdication of its last emperor in 1912 china was ruled by a series of 13 successive dynasties