Ancient china

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  • Period: 1766 BCE to 1122 BCE

    Shang dynasty

    One of the most famous kings of the Shang was Wu Ding who ruled for 58 years
  • Period: 1728 BCE to 1675 BCE

    King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies

    Around 1600 BC Jie was defeated by Tang of Shang bringing an end to the Xia Dynasty that lasted about 500 years and a rise to the new Shang Dynasty.
  • Period: 1250 BCE to 1192 BCE

    Reign of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty

    He was a son of King Pan Geng's younger brother Xiao Yi and succeeded the latter to the throne.
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 1122 BCE

    Zhou dynasty

    Zhou dynasty was the longest ruling dynasty in the history of China.
  • Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE

    life of confuciu

    Confucius was a Chinese philosopher.
  • 544 BCE

    Sun Tzu, the author of the Art of War is born

    he wrote The Art of War: Sun Tzu was born
  • Period: 476 BCE to 221 BCE

    warring states period

    The Warring States Period was dominated by 7 warring states
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

    1 Feizi was the founder of the state of Qin.2 Shang Yang's philosophy of Legalism made Qin more powerful.
  • Period: 210 BCE to 209 BCE

    The terracotta army was buried

    There are over 8,000 life size statues of soldiers buried along with the emperor.
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty

    The Han dynasty was the longest lasting dynasty in the last 2,200 years.
  • Period: 202 BCE to 195 BCE

    reign of Lui Bang

  • Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE

    reign of wudi

  • Period: 9 to 23

    Reign of Emperor Wang Mang

  • 105

    invention of paper

  • 1066

    crossbow was used in battle

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