The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient China:
Ancient China – China under the rule of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, beginning around 2070 B.C. and extending until approximately 256 B.C.
Contents
Geography of ancient China
Locations in ancient China
List of Bronze Age sites in China
Regions of ancient China during the Xia and Shang dynasties
Nine Provinces
Ji Province
Jing Province
Liang Province
Qing Province
Xu Province
Yan Province
Yang Province
Yong Province
Yu Province
Government and politics of ancient China
Political thought in ancient China
Mandate of Heaven
Ancient Chinese states
Interstate relations during the Spring and Autumn period
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
Aristocracy in ancient China (nobility)
Rulers in ancient China
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
Yellow Emperor
Shaohao
Zhuanxu
Ku
Zhi
Yao
Shun
Kings of the Xia dynasty
Yu the Great
Qi
Tai Kang
Zhong Kang
Xiang
Shao Kang
Zhu
Huai
Mang
Xie
Bu Jiang
Jiong
Jin
Kong Jia
Gao
Fa
Jie
Kings of the Shang Dynasty
Early Shang period
Da Yi
Da Ding
Da Jia
Bu Bing
Da Geng
Ancient Chinese law
Traditional Chinese law
Military history of ancient China
Ancient Chinese armor
Crossbow
Military thought
During the Zhou Dynasty
Six Secret Teachings – attributed to Lü Shang (a.k.a. Jiang Ziya), a top general of King Wen of Zhou, founder of the Zhou dynasty
During Warring States period – great period for military strategy; of the Seven Military Classics of China, four were written during this period:
The Art of War – attributed to Sun Tzu, a highly influential study of strategy and tactics.
Sun Bin's Art of War – attributed to Sun Bin, a general and military strategist who was supposedly the descendant of Sun Tzu.
Wuzi – attributed to Wu Qi, a statesman and commander who served the states of Wei and then Chu.
Wei Liaozi – of uncertain authorship.
The Methods of the Sima – attributed to Sima Rangju, a commander serving the state of Qin.
General history of ancient China
Ancient Chinese history, by period
History of ancient China
Neolithic China (c. 8500 – c. 2070 BC) – predates ancient China
Bronze Age China
Xia dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC)
Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC)
Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 256 BC|BCE)
Western Zhou (1046–771 BC)
Iron Age China
Zhou dynasty (continued)
Eastern Zhou
Spring and Autumn period (771 – 476 BC)
Warring States period (475 – 221 BC)
Ancient Chinese history, by region
See also Regions of ancient China, above
Ancient history of Beijing
Ancient history of Shanghai
Ye
Ancient Chinese history, by subject
See the rest of this outline
Works on ancient Chinese history
Records of the Grand Historian
The Cambridge History of Ancient China
Twenty-Four Histories
Culture of ancient China
Ancient Chinese urban planning
Architecture in ancient China
Ancient Chinese wooden architecture
Dogs in ancient China
Elephants in ancient China
Games in ancient China
Chuiwan
Cuju
Go
Liubo
Mythology of China
Chinese creation myth
Chinese dragon
Chinese flood myths
Great Flood (China)
Great flood and procreation
Sinking city myth
Imperial examination in Chinese mythology
Rhinoceroses in ancient China
Women in ancient and imperial China
Art in ancient China
Juggling in ancient China
Music in ancient China
Yayue
Language in ancient China
Old Chinese or Archaic Chinese
Classical Chinese or Literary Chinese
History of names in ancient China
History of Chinese personal names
History of Chinese surnames in ancient China
Origin of Chinese surnames
Eight Great Surnames of Chinese Antiquity
Evolution of written Chinese
Oracle bone script – earliest confirmed evidence of the Chinese script yet discovered is the body of inscriptions carved on oracle bones from the late Shang dynasty (c. 1200–1050 BC).
Chinese bronze inscriptions
Seal script
Literature in ancient China
Ancient Chinese classics
People in ancient China
Ancient Chinese philosophers
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
Philosophy in ancient China
Ancient Chinese philosophy
Hundred Schools of Thought
School of Names
Ancient Chinese philosophers
Economics and infrastructure of ancient China
Economic history of ancient China
Coinage in ancient China
Science and technology of ancient China
Chariots in ancient China
Xi Zhong
Bamboo and wooden slips
Crossbow