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205
Connection of the Barbarian Walls to create the Great Wall
The Great Wall, as we know it, is actually a series of several walls built at different times by different emperors. Second Great Wall - built by the Han Dynasty 205-127 BC Third Great Wall - built by the Jin Dynasty 1200 AD Fourth Great Wall - built by the Ming Dynasty 1367-1644 -
Period: 206 to 221
Quin
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210
Burial of the Terra Cotta Army
The Terracotta Warriors represent only a small portion of the eight thousand strong underground army buried in front of the Emperor Qinshihuang's tomb (r. 221-207 BC) to defend him in the afterlife. -
221
First Chinese Emperor
During the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C. - 206 B.C.), the emperor connected and extended the old fortification walls along the north of China that originated about 700 B.C., forming the Great Wall of China to stop invading barbarians from the north. -
Period: 256 to Jan 20, 1045
Western Zhou
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300
Completion of the Erya
The Erya was considered the authoritative lexicographic guide to Chinese classic texts during the Han Dynasty, and it was officially categorised as one of the Thirteen Confucian Classics during the Song Dynasty.The received text contains 2094 entries, covering about 4300 words, and a total of 13,113 characters.It is divided into nineteen sections, the first of which is subdivided into two parts. The title of each chapter combines shi with a term describing the words under -
476
The Warring Sates Period
It is nominally considered to be the second part of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, following the Spring and Autumn Period, although the Zhou dynasty itself ended in 256 BCE, 35 years earlier than the end of the Warring States period. As with the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Zhou acted merely as a figurehead. -
500
First use of the crossbow
The earliest Chinese document mentioning a crossbow is in scripts from the 4th–3rd century BC attributed to the followers of Mozi. This source refers to the use of a giant crossbow in the 6th to 5th century BC, corresponding to the late Spring and Autumn Period. Sun Tzu's influential book The Art of War refers in chapter V to the traits and in XII to the use of crossbows. One of the earliest reliable records of this weapon in warfare is from an ambush, the Battle of Ma-Ling in 341 BC. -
Jan 20, 722
Spring and Autumn Period
During the Spring and Autumn period, China was ruled by a feudal system. The Zhou Dynasty kings held nominal power, but only directly ruled over a small Royal Demesne, revolving around their capital. They granted fiefdoms over the rest of China to several hundred hereditary nobles. These were descendants of members of the Zhou clan, close associates of the founders of the dynasty, or local potentates. -
Jan 15, 1100
Ouija
also known as spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with letters, numbers, and other symbols, theoretically used to communicate with spirits. It uses a planchette or movable indicator to indicate the spirit's message by spelling it out on the board during a séance. -
Jan 15, 1122
Shi Jing Book of Songs
Shi Jing Book of Songs translated variously as the Classic of Poetry, the Book of Songs or the Book of Odes, is the earliest existing collection of Chinese poems. It comprises 305 poems, some possibly written as early as 1000 BC. -
Period: Jan 20, 1122 to
Shang
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Jan 15, 1200
Death of Lady Hao
Lady Hao was the earliest woman general in China, died in the period of Wuding and was given a name of temple as Xin after her death. -
Period: to
Xia
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Birth of Confucius
Gradually his disciples increased, as the practical character of his philosophy became more apparent. His disqiples generally were not the young and enthusiastic, but men of middle age, sober, grave, respectable, and occupying important public situations. This fact throws light both on the character and design of his philsosophy. -
Period: to Jan 20, 722
Eastern Zhou
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Battle of Banquan
It was fought by Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, and Yandi, the Flame Emperor. The Battle of Banquan may actually only refer to the third of a series of three battles. Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, shortly afterwards fought Ciyou, or Chi You, at the Battle of Zhuolu. Both battles were fought not long apart, and on nearby plains, and both involved the Yellow Emperor. The Battle of Banquan is credited for the formation of the Huaxia tribe, the basis of the Han Chinese civilization -
Date of the oldest silk found in China
The oldest silk found in China comes from the Chinese Neolithic period and is dated to about 3630 BC, found in Henan province.Silk items excavated from the Liangzhu culture site at Qianshanyang, Wuxing District, Zhejiang date to roughly 2570 BC, and include silk threads, a braided silk belt, and a piece of woven silk. A bronze fragment found at the Shang Dynasty site at Anyang (or Yinxu) contains the first known written reference to silk. -
Domestication of the Buffalo
The buffalo is first domesticated somewhere in the near-tropical regions of Asia. Precisely where or when is not known, but buffaloes feature as domestic animals on the seals of the Indus civilization.
