Ancient Chinese Dynasties By aymaan Period: 2200 BCE to 620 Ancient Chinese Dynasties 1766 BCE Beginning of the shang dynasty 1700 BCE Silk is first produced 500 BCE Crossbow is invented 481 BCE beginning of Warring states period 221 BCE Qin conquers Warring states Beginning of Qin Dynasty 210 BCE Qin Shi Huangdi dies 124 BCE Emperor Wudi establishes the Imperial Academy 202 Establishment of Han dynasty Liu Bang defeats his rivals 220 Han Dynasty ends 771 Zhoa Dynasty captial is moved from Hao to Luoyang 1122 Beginning of Zhou dynasty King Wu defeats Di Xin the last Shang King 2205 Xia Dynasty started Established the Xia dynasty