China By bananabus 1027 BCE Shang dynasty 1,700-1,027 bc 771 BCE Western Zhou 1,027-771 bc 221 BCE Eastern Zhou 770-221 bc 207 BCE Qin dynasty 221-207 9 Western Han 206 BC-9 AD 220 eastern Han 25-220 AD Jan 30, 1722 Kangxi Emperor 1661-1722 AD Jan 30, 1842 Opium war 1 1839-1842 AD Jan 31, 1860 Opuim war 2 1856-1860 ad Jan 31, 1945 Second Sino-Japaneses war 1937-1945 AD Jan 31, 1976 The Cultural Revolution 1966-1976 AD