Ancient China timeline By AlexL11 1368 BCE Ming Dynasty 1300 BCE Shang dynasty 1100 BCE compass 1050 BCE iron smelting 1046 BCE Zhou dynasty 725 BCE mechanical clock 618 BCE Tang Dynasty 581 BCE Sui Dynasty 581 BCE Porcelain 420 BCE Northern and Southern Dynasties 265 BCE Jin dynasty 221 BCE Qin dynasty 220 BCE Wei dynasty 206 BCE Han dynasty 132 BCE Earthquake detector 105 BCE paper making