East Asia Timeline

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  • Period: 206 to 221

    Qin Dynasty

  • 210

    Burial of the Terra Cotta Army

  • 213

    Period of the Book Burning Policy

  • 220

    Connection of the Barbarian Walls to create the Great Wall

  • 221

    First Chinese Emperor

  • Period: 221 to Jan 15, 770

    Eastern Zhou Dynasty

    B.C.
  • Period: 221 to 476

    The Warring States Period

  • 500

    First use of the Crossbow

  • 551

    Birth of Confuicius

  • Period: Jan 15, 771 to Jan 15, 1100

    Western Zhou Dynasty

  • Jan 15, 1000

    The Shi Jing Book of Songs

  • Period: Jan 15, 1046 to

    Shang Dynasty

  • Jan 15, 1200

    The development of the Ouija Board

  • Jan 15, 1200

    Death of Lady Hao

  • Period: to

    Xia Dynasty

  • Domestication of the Buffalo

  • Completion of the Erya

  • Period: to Jan 19, 722

    Spring and Autumn Period

  • Battle of Banquan

  • Date of the oldest Silk found in China