用英語介紹中國歷史
中國歷史，從夏朝算起，有近4100年歷史；從中國第壹個統壹的朝代秦朝算起，約有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.
史前時期的有巢氏 、燧人氏 、伏羲氏 、神農氏(炎帝) 、黃帝(軒轅氏)? 被尊為中華人文始祖? 。約公元前2070年，夏朝出現；商朝時出現了已知中國最早的成熟文字—甲骨文；西周時社會進壹步發展，春秋戰國時生產力提高，思想百家爭鳴。
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，秦始皇建立了中國歷史上第壹個中央集權封建國家—秦朝；西漢與東漢時進壹步鞏固和發展了大壹統的局面，漢字基本定型。三國兩晉南北朝時期，中國進入分裂割據局面。
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.
隋唐五代時期，經濟繁榮、科技發展，文化影響廣泛。武周時期，因“大周萬國頌德天樞”的營建而使國際地位達到頂峰。遼宋夏金元時期，多元文化交融，經濟、科技發展到新的高度。明朝時，經濟取得發展，明末江南地區出現“資本主義萌芽”；清朝前期奠定了中國今天的疆域。
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.
擴展資料
根據歷史文獻和考古物證，可將中國歷史（炎黃文明）劃分為十個紀：
炎黃、虞夏、商周、齊楚、秦漢；
魏晉、隋唐、宋元、明清、***和。
壹、炎黃紀：以仰韶文化為代表，約兩千四百年（公元前五十至前二十六世紀）。以農業社會、母系社會末期、銅石並用時代、父系社會初期為準。炎黃紀已經出現私有制、商業、戰爭、奴隸。
二、虞夏紀：以龍山文化、齊家文化為代表，約壹千年（公元前二十六至前十六世紀）。二裏頭文化兜底：以青銅器時代初期、雙輪車、城市、文字等古文明標誌為準。傳說時代的顓頊、帝嚳、堯、舜、禹或可研究納入本時代故事集。
三、商周紀：青銅器時代中期，分封制中期，以殷墟、甲骨文為典型代表。成湯滅夏、武王伐紂、國人暴動為本時代三部曲。約八百年。