Chinese 50 Midterm Study Timeline

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  • Period: 12,000 BCE to 9000 BCE

    Origin of Rice Agriculture (south)

  • Period: 9000 BCE to 8000 BCE

    Origin of Millet Agriculture

  • Period: 7000 BCE to 6000 BCE

    Hemudu Culture

    animal remains heavy in tombs
  • Period: 7000 BCE to 5000 BCE

    Yangshao (early)

  • Period: 5300 BCE to 4200 BCE

    Liangzhu Socierty of Yangtze River Delta

  • Period: 5000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Yangshao (late)

  • 3300 BCE

    Liangjitan

  • Period: 3300 BCE to 2250 BCE

    Liangzhu Culture

    near modern day Shanghai
  • 3000 BCE

    Xipo

  • Period: 3000 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Late Neolithic Period

  • Period: 3000 BCE to 1900 BCE

    Longshan Culture

    northern China, middle lower Yellow River valley
  • Period: 2300 BCE to 1900 BCE

    Taosi Phase

  • Period: 2300 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Climatic Change Period

    Floods and drought
  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Xia Dynasty

  • 2000 BCE

    Shimao

  • Period: 1750 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Erlitou

    THE SOURCE OF THE BRONZE VESSELS!!!!
    (wen ding)
  • Period: 1640 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Zhengzhou (early Shang)

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    Anyang = later capital
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 770 BCE

    Western Zhou

  • Period: 770 BCE to 256 BCE

    Eastern Zhou

  • Period: 770 BCE to 481 BCE

    Spring & Autumn Period

  • Period: 600 BCE to 501 BCE

    Laozi (approx)

  • Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE

    Confucius

  • 510 BCE

    Sun Tzu writes The Art of the War

  • 453 BCE

    Jin broke up into Zhao, Wei and Han

  • 420 BCE

    Mozi

    the active debater
  • Period: 403 BCE to 221 BCE

    Warring States Period

  • Period: 370 BCE to 300 BCE

    Mencius

  • Period: 369 BCE to 286 BCE

    Zhuangzi

  • 338 BCE

    Lord Shang's death (Legalist philosopher)

    lots of reform for the Qin state
  • 334 BCE

    Chu kills Yue

  • Period: 310 BCE to 220 BCE

    Xunzi

  • 249 BCE

    Chu kills Lu

  • 233 BCE

    Han Feizi's death

    Machiavellian
  • 221 BCE

    Qin becomes victorious, start of imperial CHina

  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

    Qin died in 210 bc, after that nothing left
  • Period: 206 BCE to 9

    Western Han

    Earlier period, stopped when Wang Mang died, capital in Changan
  • Period: 202 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty

  • Period: 202 BCE to 195 BCE

    reign of Gaozu in Han

  • Period: 179 BCE to 157 BCE

    Wendi

  • Period: 179 BCE to 104 BCE

    Dong Zhongshu

    combined Daoism, Legalism, and Confucianism to establish how rulers should rule
  • Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE

    reign of Wudi

    consolidated a lot of imperial power
  • 119 BCE

    Han gov monopolies of iron, salt, liquor

  • 13

    Death of Wang Mang

    reformer, disliked because of fiscal policies
  • Period: 25 to 220

    Eastern Han

    Liu Xiu (gangwu) 25- 57 made Luoyang captial