Ancient China

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  • Period: 2100 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Start of China's first dynasty. The Xia Dynasty.

    The estimated time of the start of China's first dynasty, the Xia Dynasty.
  • 563 BCE

    Siddhartha Gautama is born

    Siddhartha Gautama (later known as Buddha) is born. His teachings will form Buddhism.
  • Period: 481 BCE to 221 BCE

    Start of the Warring States.

    The start of the warring states lasting 260 years. An almost continuous conflict for the rule of China.
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Start of the Qin Dynasty.

    Start of the rule for the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang.
  • 220 BCE

    The start of the Great Wall of China.

    Qin Shi Huang begins work to build the Great Wall of China.
  • 100 BCE

    Steel comes to China.

    The manufacture of steel begins in China
  • 220

    The Kingdom is divided.

    End of Han dynasty. Kingdom is divided into 3 parts which all want to take over China.
  • Period: 1271 to 1368

    Start of Yuan Dynasty.

    The first foreign dynasty to rule over China. Established by Mongol leader Kublai Khan.
  • 1279

    Mongols have complete control of China.

    Fierce nomadic people known as Mongols gain control of China through new Dynasty.

  • Start of Qing Dynasty

    Last Dynasty of China and a period of rule by an ethnic minority.