Chinese History Influence

  • 1400 BCE

    Pictographs

    Archaeologists discovered thousands of turtle shells covered with a form of writing known as pictographs. The writing system used in China today was influenced by it.
  • 1328 BCE

    Ming Dynasty

    Around this time, traveling was very popular. Now we travel and write about our discoveries and experiences.
  • 618 BCE

    Poetry

    During the Song Dynasty many poetry was created by people who are well known now. For example, Dufu.
  • 618 BCE

    Civil Service Exam System

    Happened around the Tang Dynasty where a test needed to be completed and things such as writing and literature was mandatory.
  • 551 BCE

    Confucius

    This is when Confucius began spreading his ideas
  • Period: 500 BCE to 500 BCE

    Lao-Tzu

    A border guard bgged Lao-Tzu to write a book and spread his teachings, which resulted in Tao Te Ching.
  • 213 BCE

    Han Dynasty

    After Shih Huang ordered books to be burned, scholars hurried to rewrite the original destroyed writings.
  • 105 BCE

    Cai Lun

    The inventor of paper. Paper is used everywhere now.