Ancient china By cmiles 1675 BCE king jia died Period: 1600 BCE to 1500 BCE shang dynasty 1100 BCE zhou Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE confucius Period: 230 BCE to 207 BCE qin dynasty Period: 206 BCE to 189 han dynasty Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE wudi rulled Period: 202 BCE to 195 liu bang rulled Period: 9 to 23 reighn of jang mang 105 invention of paper Period: 210 to 209 teracotta army was buried Period: 481 to 403 warning state periods 544 sun tzu was born 1066 the crossbow was used for the first time Period: 1324 to 1266 reign of emporor wuding