Ancient china By magnolia fortenberry 1600 BCE shang dynast Period: 1600 BCE to 1233 King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies, ending the dynasty Period: 1250 BCE to 1192 BCE The terracotta Army is buried Period: 1250 BCE to 1198 BCE Regin of Emperor Wu Ding of shang Dynsty Period: 1066 BCE to 4 The crossbow is used for the frist time in battle 1046 BCE zhou Dynasty begins in china Period: 1005 BCE to 4 BCE Invention of paper 551 BCE Life of confucius 475 BCE Qin Dynasty Period: 475 BCE to 221 BCE Sun Tzu, the author of the Art of War is born Period: 475 BCE to 2 BCE Warring states period 206 BCE Han Dynasty Period: 202 BCE to 195 BCE Regin of liu bang Period: 141 BCE to 81 BCE Regin of wudi Period: 45 BCE to 54 BCE Reigh of Emperor wang mang