20 timetoast By Andysss Period: 2200 BCE to 1700 BCE Xia dynasty Period: 1766 BCE to 1080 BCE Shang dynasty Period: 1027 BCE to 221 BCE Zhou dynasty 550 BCE Confucius is born Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE Qin Period: 206 BCE to 221 Han 200 Silk road links east asia and the west 550 Japan adopts Chinese culture Period: 581 to Dec 25, 618 Sui dynasty Period: Dec 24, 618 to Dec 25, 907 Tang dynasty Period: Dec 24, 960 to Dec 25, 1279 Song dynasty Dec 24, 1150 Height of khmer empire in southeast Asia Period: Dec 24, 1279 to Dec 25, 1368 Mongol dynasty Period: Dec 24, 1368 to Dec 25, 1644 Ming dynasty Dec 24, 1500 European reach china's coast Period: Dec 24, 1644 to Dec 25, 1911 Qing dynasty Dec 24, 1970 Japan emerges as world economic power