Ancient china timeline By swag_ boi _t_no_ cap_ big11 Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE shang dnasty 1100 BCE zhou dynasty begins in china Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE life of concusion 544 BCE sun tzu the author of the war was born Period: 221 BCE to 207 BCE qin dynasty Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE han dnasty 105 BCE invention of paper Period: 9 to 23 BCE rein of the emperor wang mang Period: 141 to 87 BCE rein of wudi Period: 202 to 195 BCE rein of liu bang Period: 210 to 209 BCE the terracotta army was buired Period: 476 to 221 BCE warning states period 1066 the crossbow is used for the first time in battle Period: 1250 to 1192 BCE rein of the empoer wu ding of the shang dnasty 1600 king jie of the xia dnasty dies,ending the dnasty