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ancient china

By amelya.m
  • Period: 8000 BCE to 2205 BCE

    Early Chinese settlers build small villages

    Early Chinese settlers build small villages and farm along the major rivers including the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
  • Rule of the legendary Yellow Emperor
    2696 BCE

    Rule of the legendary Yellow Emperor

    Rule of the legendary Yellow Emperor. His wife Leizu invented the process of making silk cloth.
  • Period: 2205 BCE to 1575 BCE

    learn to make bronze

    The Chinese learn how to make bronze. The Xia Dynasty becomes the first dynasty in China.
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1045 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

  • Period: 1045 BCE to 265 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

  • Period: 222 BCE to 581 BCE

    Six Dynasties

  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

  • Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE

    Han Dynasty