Simone中国历史，从夏朝算起，有近4100年历史；从中国第一个统一的朝代秦朝算起，约有2241年。
The history of China is nearly 4100 years from the Xia Dynasty and 2241 years from the Qin Dynasty, the first unified dynasty in China.
史前时期的有巢氏 、燧人氏 、伏羲氏 、神农氏(炎帝) 、黄帝(轩辕氏) 被伍握尊为中华人文始祖 。约公元前2070年，夏朝出现；商朝时出现了已知中国最早的成熟文字—甲骨文；西周时社会进一步发展，春秋战国时生产力提高，思想百家争鸣。
In prehistoric times, Youchao, Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong (Yandi) and Huangdi (Xuanyuan) were regarded as the ancestors of Chinese culture. In 2070 BC, Xia Dynasty appeared; in Shang Dynasty, oracle bone inscriptions, the earliest mature writing in China,
appeared; in Western Zhou Dynasty, society developed further, productivity increased in spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, and a hundred schools of thought contend.
公元前221年，秦始皇建立了中国历史上第一个中央集权封建国家—秦朝；西汉与东汉时进一步巩固和发展了大一统的局面，汉字基本定型。三国两晋南北朝时期，中国进入分裂割据局面。
In 221 B.C., Qin Shihuang established the first centralized feudal state in Chinese history Qin Dynasty; the western and Eastern Han Dynasties further consolidated and developed the situation of great unification, and the Chinese characters were basically shaped.
During the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty, the southern and Northern Dynasties, China entered a situation of separatist regime.
隋含侍唐五代时期，经济繁荣、科技发展，文化影响广泛。武周时期，因“大周万国颂德天枢谈橘吵”的营建而使国际地位达到顶峰。辽宋夏金元时期，多元文化交融，经济、科技发展到新的高度。明朝时，经济取得发展，明末江南地区出现“资本主义萌芽”；清朝前期奠定了中国今天的疆域。
During the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, economic prosperity, scientific and Technological Development and cultural influence were widespread. During the Wuzhou period, the international status reached its peak because of the construction of "the great Zhou Wanguo praises the virtue of Tianshu".
In the period of Liao, song, Xia, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, multi-cultural integration, economy, science and technology developed to a new height. In the Ming Dynasty, the economy developed, and "capitalist sprouts" appeared in Jiangnan area in the late Ming Dynasty; in the early Qing Dynasty, China's territory today was established.
扩展资料
根据历史文献和考古物证，可将中国历史（炎黄文明）划分为十个纪：
炎黄、虞夏、商周、齐楚、秦汉；
魏晋、隋唐、宋元、明清、共和。
一、炎黄纪：以仰韶文化为代表，约两千四百年（公元前五十至前二十六世纪）。以农业社会、母系社会末期、铜石并用时代、父系社会初期为准。炎黄纪已经出现私有制、商业、战争、奴隶。
二、虞夏纪：以龙山文化、齐家文化为代表，约一千年（公元前二十六至前十六世纪）。二里头文化兜底：以青铜器时代初期、双轮车、城市、文字等古文明标志为准。传说时代的颛顼、帝喾、尧、舜、禹或可研究纳入本时代故事集。
三、商周纪：青铜器时代中期，分封制中期，以殷墟、甲骨文为典型代表。成汤灭夏、武王伐纣、国人暴动为本时代三部曲。约八百年。
