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GREAT CHINA.
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China encompasses a great diversity of landscapes and a corresponding variety of natural resources. Generally speaking, China has higher elevations in the west, where some of the worlds loftiest mountain ranges are located, including the Tian Mountains, the Kunlun Mountains, and the Himalaya. Devastating earthquakes tend to occur in a broad arc extending from the western edge of the Sichuan Basin north-east towards Bo Hai,
the gulf on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea.
China has numerous mountain ranges enclosing a series of plateaus and basins and furnish a notable wealth of water and mineral resources. A broad range of climatic types, from sub arctic to tropical, and including large areas of alpine and desert habitats, supports a magnificent array of plant and animal life.
Mountains occupy about 43 percent of China land surfaces; mountainous plateaus account for another 26 percent; and basins, predominantly hilly and located mainly in arid regions, cover approximately 19 percent of the area. Only 12 percent of the total area may be classed as flatlands.
China may be divided into six major geographical regions, each of which contains considerable geomorphological and topographical diversity.
China Shang Dynasty (Prophase) (1600 BC - 1300 BC)
China Shang Dynasty (Anaphase) (1300 BC - 1046 BC)
China Zhou Dynasty:
China Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC - 771 BC)
China Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 BC - 256 BC)
China Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC)
China Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)
China Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 207 BC)
China Han Dynasty: Western Han (206 BC - 24)
China Eastern Han (25 - 220)
China three Kingdoms: Wei (220 - 265)
China China Shu Han (221 - 263)
China Wu (222 - 280)
China Western Jin Dynasty (265 - 316)
China Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420)
China Northern and Southern Dynasty:
China Southern Dynasties
China Song (420 - 479)
China Qi (479 - 502)
China Liang (502 - 557)
China Chen (557 - 589)
China Northern Dynasties
China Northern Wei (386 - 534)
China Eastern Wei (534 - 550)
China Northern Qi (550 - 577)
China Western Wei (535 - 556)
China Northern Zhou (557 - 581)
China Sui Dynasty (581 - 618)
China Tang Dynasty (618 - 907)
China Five Dynasties:
China Later Liang (907 - 923)
China Later Tang (923 - 936)
China Later Jin (936 - 946)
China Later Han (947 - 950)
China Later Zhou (951 - 960)
China Song Dynasty:
China Northern Song Dynasty (960 - 1127)
China Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
China Liao Dynasty (916 - 1125)
China Jin Dynasty (1115 - 1234)
China Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368)
China Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
China Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Republic of China (1912 - 1949)
Chin Royal Palace Xianyang (247 BC)
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