ancient china timeline By Carlos is the best 1675 BCE King Jie of the Xia dynasty dies, ending the dynasty Period: 1600 BCE to 110 BCE Shang dynasty Period: 1250 BCE to 1192 BCE Reign of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang dynasty 1046 BCE Zhou dynasty begins in china 1046 BCE Sun Tzu, the author of the art war is born Period: 551 BCE to 279 BCE Life of confucius Period: 476 BCE to 221 BCE Warring States period Period: 256 BCE to 195 BCE Reign of Liu bang Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE Qin dynasty 209 BCE The Terracotta army is buried. 209 BCE The Terracotta Army is buried Period: 201 BCE to 206 BCE Han dynasty Period: 147 BCE to 87 BCE Reign of Wudi Period: 33 BCE to 23 Reign of Emperor Wang Mang 105 Invention of paper 1066 The crossbow is used for the first time.