Ancient Egypt By Julian007 1600 BCE King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies,ending the Dynasty Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE Shang Dynasty Period: 1250 BCE to 1192 BCE The Reign of Wu Ding Period: 1100 BCE to 256 BCE Zhou Dynasty They said that the Shang dynasty lost their mandate of heaven.Then they became the new rulers.The Qin defeated the zhou ending their dynasty. Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE Life of Confucius 544 BCE Sun Tzu, the author of the Art of War is born 476 BCE Warring States Period Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE Qin Dynasty Period: 210 BCE to 209 BCE The Terracotta Army Is Buried Period: 202 BCE to 220 BCE Han Dynasty Period: 202 BCE to 195 BCE Reign of Liu Bang 200 BCE First Time The Crossbow Is Used In Battle Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE Reign of Wudi Period: 33 BCE to 23 Wang Mang 105 Invention of Paper