Ancient China By williams507 1600 BCE shang kingdom started in 1600 B.C.E 771 BCE Zhou dynasty 551 BCE Confucius birth started in 551 b.c 230 BCE Qin dynasty 230 B.C 221 BCE Great wall of china 206 BCE Han dynasty 130 BCE Silk road 618 Tang Dynasty A.D 960 Song Dynasty A.D 1206 Mongol Empire A.D 1279 Kublai Khan conquest. A.D 1368 Ming Empire A.D 1405 Zhou He sea Voyage A.D