Chinese Dynasty timeline

By Cody_U_26
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang

    Created a 12 month calendar with 365 1/4 days, based on the moons cycle
  • Period: 1046 BCE to 226 BCE

    Zhou

    invented the compass
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin

    built the Great Wall across Northern China
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    Han

    Developed paper made of hemp fibers
  • Period: 581 to Apr 24, 618

    Sui

    Built the Grand Canal
  • Period: Apr 23, 618 to Apr 24, 907

    Tang

    block printing was invented
  • Period: Apr 23, 960 to Apr 24, 1279

    Song

    Perfected gunpowder
  • Period: Apr 23, 1271 to Apr 24, 1368

    Yuan

    Used decimal and fractional numbers
  • Period: Apr 23, 1368 to

    Ming

    Moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing
  • Period: to

    Qing

    The Imperial Encyclopedia was written