5 of the History glossary’s terms, each with the part of the syllabus where you first meet it.
The detention of Jiang Jieshi by his generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng at Xi'an on 12–25 December 1936 to force him to end the civil war and lead a united front against Japan.
The regional army raised by Zeng Guofan in Hunan from 1853, led by gentry officers and loyal to its commanders, which defeated the Taiping.
The revolution that began with the Wuchang uprising of 10 October 1911 and ended the Qing dynasty with the abdication of Puyi on 12 February 1912.
The seizure of power in November 1861 by Cixi, Ci'an and Prince Gong, who overthrew the regents for the infant Tongzhi Emperor.
"Binding of the years": the 52-year cycle of the Mesoamerican calendar, after which each year name recurred.