Ancient China Timeline Jeremiah

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  • 1600 BCE

    King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies, ending the dynasty

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    The Shang Dynasty is the earliest ruling dynasty of China to be established in recorded history
  • Period: 1250 BCE to 1192 BCE

    Reign of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty

  • 1046 BCE

    The start of the Zhou Dynasty

  • Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE

    Confucius

  • 544 BCE

    birth of Sun Tzu

  • Period: 476 BCE to 221 BCE

    Warring States Period

  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    The Qin dynasty

  • Period: 210 BCE to 209 BCE

    The Terracotta Army is buried

  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty

  • Period: 45 BCE to 23

    Reign of Emperor Wang Mang

  • 105

    Invention of paper

  • 1066

    The crossbow is used for the first time in battle