Subject: Development of Political Structure in China between the Han Dynasty and the Sung Dynasty or 220 A.C.E. - 960 A.C.E.
Website: http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/deall/jin.3/c231/handouts/h8.htm
According to this website, one of the priorities of the Han Dynasty, which was basically a large business family, was to unify the Chinese people. The development of Taoism as a popular religion led to the rebellion of the Yellow Turbans, which added to court disarray and led to the abdication of the last emperor leading to the Three Kingdoms.
Website:http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/china/early_imperial_china/threekingdoms.html
According to this website, the Three Kingdoms was part of a long period of disunity and civil war, which grew out of the three chief economic areas of the Han Dynasty. The leaders of the kingdoms strove to reunite the empire and were therefore at constant warfare. This website also has links discussing the Eastern Chin, Western Chin, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Classical Imperial China, and the Five Dynasties.
Website: http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/china/timeline.html
Part of previous website with easy to view timeline and links leading to information on all the different parts of Chinese.
Website: http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/ChinaHistory/SUNG.HTM
Good site that covers from Pre-history to Mao's successors. This link to the Sung Dynasty discusses the downfall of the Five Dynasties by the military governors and the beginning of the Sung Dynasty and China's early modern age.
The Han and Sung Dynasties are bookends of an extremely volatile segment of Chinese history. After the Yellow Turban rebellion and the abdication of the last emperor of the Han Dynasty, society disintegrated into three warring states known as the Three Kingdoms (http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/deall/jin.3/c231/handouts/h8.htm). The Three Kingdoms, which existed from 220-265 A.C.E., ...