Notes

10.Portuguese Empire Capital: Lisbon, Portugal Colonies: Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Sao Tome, Principe, Goa, India, East Timor, Macau.

9.Abbasid Caliphate Capital: Samarra Countries: Middle East, past Persia, and North Africa all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

8.French Colonial Empire/French Third Republic Capital: Paris Countries/Colonies: French North Africa, and more

7.Qing Dynasty (China) Capital: Shenyang

6.Yuan Dynasty (China) Capital: Bejing, Shangdu

5.Umayyad Caliphate Capital: Damascus, Harran Countries: Same as Abbasid, but some of Iberia

4.Spanish Empire Capital: Madrid Colonies: Mexico, most Carribean. Louisiana at one point, Florida, Central America, Columbia, Peru, and more.




3.Russia Capital: Moscow Colonies: Alaska. Soviet Union: Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbaijan. Russian Empire: Finland, Russia

2.Mongol Empire Capital: Karakorum, Avarga, Khanbaliq Colonies: Most of Asia, China, Russia, barely into Europe, it was huge




1.British Colonial Empire Capital: London Colonies: United States (13 Colonies), British Raj, colonies in Africa, Dominion of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, owned half of the world.

History of China

1570-1040 BCE: Shang Dynasty
1040-256 BCE: Zhou Dynasty
221-206 BCE: Qin Dynasty
206 BCE-220 CE: Han Dynasty
222-581: Six Dynasties (Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang, Chen)
589-618: Sui Dynasty
618-907: Tang Dynasty
907-960: Five Dynasties (Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, Northern Han)
960-1279: Song Dynasty
1279-1368: Yuan Dynasty
1368-1644: Ming Dynasty
1644-1912: Qing Dynasty
1912-1949: Republic of China
1950-present: PRC (People's Republic of China) (Communist)

907-960: South China (Ten Kingdoms): Wu, Wuyue, Min, Chu, Southern Han, Former Shu, Later Shu, Jingnan.

Eras:

The Ten Kingdoms/5 dynasties period was preceded by the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, and succeded by the rise of the Song Dynasty, which founded in 960.

What happened:

In 907, the Tang Dynasty was ended when Zhu deposed Emperor Ai, and took the throne for himself. He formed the Later Liang, which inagurated the Ten Kingdoms and 5 Dynasties period.

In Northern China, there was 5 dynasties which ruled in rapid succession of each other. The order went Later Liang from 907 to 923, then the Later Tang from 923 to 936, then the Later Jin from 936 to 947, then Later Han from 947 to 951, and finally the Later Zhou from 951 to 960. When the Tang Dynasty fell, 3 countries were founded to the north of china, the Liao Dynasty, Western Xia Dynasty, and Jin Dynasty.

In Southern China, there were Ten KIngdoms, which didnt fight, and stayed the same from 907 to 960.
The WU, Wuyue,