Qin
A small Dynasty lasting from only 221-206, it still had an impact on dynasties to come, especially the Han, but almost provided an example of what not to do then to do.
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Han DynastyThe Han Dynasty, which spanned from 206BCE-220CE, was much like the Qin dynasty. It used the Qins sense of strong centralized goverment and an expanding bureaucracy. However, major social changes, such as more freedom for people and nobels allowed for the Han dynasty to outlive the Qin dynasty, although it eventually lead to thier downfall.
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Sui Dynasty
The Sui dynasty lasted for only about 30 years, from 589-618CE. However, in this short amount of time they managed to reunify the northern and southern dynasties of China making China whole again. Also. they had some big structures that they made such as the grand Canal
Tang and Song
The Tang Dynasty advanced many tecnologies such as gunpowder and clocks. They also came up with many trade routes, most with other civilizations. The biggest of these was the silk road leading the Tang to be influenced by many other civilazations. The Song Dynasty was the high point of Chinese culture, but also, like the Tang, had a lot of inventions.
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