Ancient Chine Timeline By Ckireya Mann 1600 BCE King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies, ending the dynasty Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE Shang Dynasty 1250 BCE Reign of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty Period: 1100 BCE to 256 BCE Zhou Dynasty begins in China 551 BCE Life of Confucius 512 BCE Sun Tzu, the author of the Art of War is born Period: 476 BCE to 221 BCE Warring States Period Period: 230 BCE to 207 BCE Qin Dynasty 206 BCE Han Dynasty 202 BCE Reign of Liu Bang Period: 141 BCE to 86 Reign of Wudi 105 BCE Invention of paper 45 Reign of Emperor Wang Mang 209 The Terracotta Army is buried 1066 The crossbow is used for the first time in battle