ancient China By G0PR0_2468 1600 BCE King Jie's death Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE shang dynasty Period: 1250 BCE to 1192 BCE rein of emperor Wu ding 1046 BCE When Zhou dynasty begin Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE life of confucius 544 BCE sun tzu, author of "art of war" Period: 476 BCE to 221 BCE warring states period Period: 256 BCE to 195 BCE rein of liu bang Period: 221 BCE to 207 BCE Qin dynasty 210 BCE the terracotta army is buried Period: 207 BCE to 220 Han dynasty Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE rein of wudi Period: 33 BCE to 23 BCE rein of emperor wang mang 6 BCE first crossbow used in battle 105 invention of paper