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								Revolutions in China- Page 2
							
							 How they Differ from the West | |
| Dynasty toppled | Duration of Revolution or Civil War | 
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| Qin (221to 226 BC) | 16 Years | 
| Western Han (206 BC to 8 AD) | 26 Years | 
| Eastern Han (25 to 219) | 97 Years | 
| Sui (589 to 617) | 20 Years | 
| Tang (618 to 907) | 104 Years | 
| Yuan (1280 to 1367) | 23 Years | 
| Ming (1368 to 1643) | 57 Years | 
| Taiping (1850 to 1912) | 62 Years | 
| Nationalists (1912 to 1949) | 37 Years | 
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