Ancient Chinese Dynasties

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  • 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

  • Xia Dynasty started

    Established the Xia dynasty