Good Overview of Chinese History

Nice place to begin learning about Chinese History.
Bookmarked by several news sources worldwide.
--Cupideros

clipped from condensedchina.com Chinese History for Beginners Condensed China is an introduction to Chinese history. It exists to inform, enlighten, and attract netizens interested in China. It is not a complete history of China; I deliberately skipped over and left out a lot of information. This is more like ''Chinese History: the Cliff Notes version" or "Chinese History's Greatest Hits" than a full-fledged history. If I left out something you feel is important, please email me and I will put it in the next time I revise the text. Table of Contents The Origins of Chinese Civilization: c. 2200 - 221 BC Xia: c. 2200 - c. 1750 BC Shang: c. 1750 - c. 1040 BC Western Zhou: c. 1100 - 771 BC Eastern Zhou, The Spring & Autumn Period, and the Warring States: 771 - 221 BC The Early Empire: 221 BC - AD 589 Qin: 221 - 206 BC Earlier Han, the Wang Man Interregnum, and the Later Han The Three Kingdoms and the Dynasties of the North and South