Ancient china By rey perez 1600 BCE king jie of the xia dynasty dies ending the dynasty 1192 BCE reign of emperor wu ding of the shang dynasty 1122 BCE shang dynasty 772 BCE Zhou dynasty 481 BCE life of confucius 476 BCE warring states period 476 BCE sun tzu the author of the art of war is born 220 BCE Han dynasty 220 BCE Invention of paper 210 BCE the terracottra army is burried 207 BCE Qin dynasty 195 BCE Reign of Lui bang 87 BCE Reign of wudi 23 BCE Reign of emperor wang mang 4 BCE the crossbow used for the first time