Frise chronologique 1900 à 2000 style dynasties chinoises

Historical timeline infographic titled "Chinese Dynasties, 500-1500" with a dominant HORIZONTAL timeline ribbon across aged parchment, showing dynastic succession in medieval China from 500 to 1500 with 5 clearly separated milestone panels. Overlay the macro structure directly on the ribbon as "Rise → Peak → Decline → Fall" applied to the major dynastic phases where relevant. Include precise milestone markers with sharp, readable English text, each containing date, short heading, one-line caption, and a period-appropriate visual cue: 1) "581" — "Sui Reunification" — "The Sui dynasty reunified much of China after centuries of division." — visual cue: imperial seal and canal scroll; 2) "618" — "Tang Founded" — "The Tang dynasty began a long era of political strength and cultural influence." — visual cue: court crown and horse; 3) "907" — "Tang Collapse" — "The fall of Tang led to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period." — visual cue: broken tablet and divided map scroll; 4) "960" — "Song Established" — "The Song dynasty restored durable rule over much of China, though not all frontier regions." — visual cue: scholar's brush and ceramic vessel; 5) "1271" — "Yuan Proclaimed" — "Khubilai Khan declared the Yuan dynasty, uniting China under Mongol rule by 1279." — visual cue: mounted archer helmet and court decree. Add a continuation segment after the final marker labeled "1368" — "Ming Founded" — "The Ming dynasty replaced Yuan rule and governed China into the early modern era." — visual cue: palace roof silhouette and dragon robe badge, while keeping the main counted milestones at 5 and showing this as the concluding succession label near the ribbon end. Include a small inset territorial map labeled "Territorial Reach at Tang Peak, c. 742" with shaded extent and simple neighboring regions, and a second small inset labeled "China under Yuan, c. 1294" if space allows. Name 3 key figures in side callouts with dates and exact rendered names: "Emperor Wen of Sui (541-604)", "Emperor Taizong of Tang (598-649)", "Khubilai Khan (1215-1294)". Visual style: aged parchment / antique map background, monochrome textbook palette in sepia, ink brown, faded charcoal, subtle paper grain, clean cartographic borders, restrained ornament, calm scholarly mood, editorial historical illustration, textbook-grade clarity, period-appropriate imagery, vector-clean lines. Keep all labels crisp, high-contrast, and legible; no graphic battlefield gore, no death imagery, no hate symbols, neutral presentation of contested history. All text MUST be written in English (array). Every heading, label, caption, legend and metric name in the image must be in English — not English. Spell each English word correctly using English characters and diacritics. Numbers stay as digits, no watermarks Render dates in Arabic numerals. Avoid graphic battlefield gore, no real death photos, no flags or symbols of hate movements. For contested historical narratives, present neutrally — no propaganda framing, no glorification of atrocities. Period-appropriate but tasteful.