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separated by lines, as part of the "Chinese Empire" in published maps. In the last decade of the Qing dynasty, maps published in China caught up with Western cartography, and China's Inner Asian frontiers were enclosed by fixed international boundaries and not separated from China proper by special
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lasted more than two millennia, connecting ancient and modern history. Although Chinese dynasties or empires rose and fell during those centuries, including during periods of strife and war, Imperial China endured with remarkable constancy. The defining characteristics of all Chinese empires were
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On the other hand, modern scholars usually consider the imperial dynasties separate states or empires rather than a single continuous empire, especially since the end of Imperial China. Meanwhile, the English term "Emperor" nowadays generally corresponds to the Chinese term
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While the term "Chinese Empire" may be used to specifically mean the Ming or the Qing dynasties during the existence of these dynasties, it was often used in a sense to refer to a continuous empire ruled by various dynasties in Chinese history, as the traditional
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published in 1853, "during four thousand and sixty years, twenty-one dynasties have swayed the destines of the Chinese Empire, embracing, besides the present sovereign, two hundred and twenty Emperors, whose average reigns have been nearly nineteen years each".
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to China in 1793, had famously said "the Empire of China is an old, crazy, first-rate Man of War, which a fortunate succession of able and vigilant officers have contrived to keep afloat for these hundred and fifty years past..." shortly after
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gradually constructed the name "Chinese Empire" by comparing the empire-kingdom level, translating European and Chinese concepts and constructing genealogies. However, popular adoption was a slow process. Even the 1615 book
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at that time) were internalized and integrated into China's imperial dominion as accepted by the western countries. Throughout the 19th century, western cartographers commonly included
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began official communications with the Qing dynasty in the 1650s, and Russian documents from that period referred to Qing China as "Empire of China", "Chinese state" or the state of
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with himself as the emperor. It lasted only 83 days before his own abdication due to mounting disapproval and revolts as well as Yuan's declining health. In July 1917, Puyi was
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talked about ancient China in his work in the late 16th century, he clearly stated in three places that the first (mythical) sovereign of China, the
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that followed, collectively called the "Qin-Han Empire" by some researchers. Taken together, these two dynasties constitute the "classical" era of
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four centuries later, China achieved a golden age in terms of its economic, military and political power. Tang's territory spanned
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The word "China" has been used in English since the 16th century. China was previously known to Europeans as
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Originally emerged as a loose collection of various Han Chinese-speaking entities during the
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pointed out that Ming China was at the imperial level based on the multi-level system of the
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text used the name "Imperii Sinici" (meaning "Chinese Empire") to refer to the Qing realm.
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Approximate territorial extent of the various dynasties and states in Chinese history.
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This article is about the general term. For Yuan Shikai's imperial attempt, see
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in the eight century. Imperial China marked its revival under the Mongol-based
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conceives its history in terms of an unbroken sequence of dynasties (see
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A 1851 map showing the Inner Asian dependencies of the Chinese Empire.
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ruled China for a total of two millennia since then, including the
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Remaking the Chinese Empire: Manchu-Korean Relations, 1616–1911
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A 1825 map showing the Chinese Empire and other Asian regions.
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Empire and Politics in the Eastern and Western Civilizations
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who first considered China an empire in his work. In 1585,
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A 1890 map showing Qing China (labeled "Chinese Empire").
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their large scale and the diversity of their peoples.
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by Matteo Ricci (one of the founding figures of the
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Empire of China (1915–1916)
History of China § Imperial China
Chinese imperialism
Names of China
Cathay
Celestial Empire
Chinese Empire
Four Seas
Huaxia
Nine Provinces
Serica
Shina
Tianxia
Zhongguo (Middle Kingdom)
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Imperial China
Ming
Qing
Chinese dynasties
Celestial Empire
Son of Heaven
hereditary monarchs
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Han
Jin
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