Chinese Timeline

  • 200

    Buddist Altars

    Buddist Altars
    Buddist Altars stood in the emperor's palace for the first time
  • 200

    Silk road

    Silk road
    The silk road was a route that stretched accross Asia and was used for trade.
  • 220

    Han Dynasty Ends

    Han Dynasty Ends
    The Han Dynasty Falls
  • Period: 220 to

    Period of Disunion

    The Period of Disunion was a time after the fall of the Han Dynasty it lasted from 220A.D to 589A.B.
  • Period: 400 to

    Age of Buddism

    This period of time is known as the Age of Buddism because it spread throughout China very rapidly.
  • Jan 1, 1162

    Genghis Khan is born

    This is when Genghis Khan the powerful Mongol ruler was born.
  • Jan 1, 1206

    Mongal Rise

    Mongal Rise
    A powerful leader Temujin or Genghis Khan organized the Mongals into a powerful army.
  • Jan 1, 1211

    Northern China

    Northern China
    The Mongols attacked Northern China then moved South and destroyed everything in their path
  • Jan 1, 1227

    Genghis Khan Dies

    Genghis Khan Dies
    By 1227A.D Genghis Khan dies and Mongols the had control of all northern China
  • Jan 1, 1260

    Genghis Khan's Son

    Genghis Khan's Son
    In 1260A.D Genghis Khan's grandson Kublai Khan became ruler of the Mongol empire.
  • Jan 1, 1271

    Creation of terraces

    Creation of terraces
    This was when the idea of terrace was created by the help of the dragon backbone
  • Period: Jan 1, 1271 to Jan 1, 1281

    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo a Italian explorer traveled around China during this period of time.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1274 to Jan 1, 1281

    Mongol invasion of Japan

    The Mongol empire sails to Japan
  • Jan 1, 1368

    Zhu Yuanzhang

    Zhu Yuanzhang
    A man named Zhu Yuanzhang took control of a rebel army and fought the final battle againest the Mongol empire.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1368 to

    Ming Dynasty

    During this time the Ming Dynasty ruled under the command of Zhu Yuanzhang.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1405 to Jan 1, 1433

    Zheng He

    Zheng He led seven grand voyages to places around Asia.
  • Jan 1, 1430

    Return of Zheng He

    Return of Zheng He
    In the 1430s a new Ming emperor made Zheng He return to China and dismantle his fleet. At the time, he banned foreign trade and China entered a period of isolationism
  • Ming Dynasty falls

    In 1644 the Ming dynasty is overthrown.
  • Yang Jian

    Yang Jian
    A man named Yang Jian ended the Period of Disunion and conquered the South, Unifying China, and creating the Sui Dynasty.
  • The Great Canal

    The Great Canal
    The Great Canal is built. And it is a large Canal connecting northern and southern China.
  • Paper Money invention

    Paper Money invention
    The Song invented the world's first system of paper
  • Woodblock printing

    Woodblock printing
    The world's first known printed book was printed this way in China in 868A.D
  • Sui Dynasty begins

    Sui Dynasty begins
    The Sui dynasty did not last that long from 589 to 618A.D
  • Paper Money

    Paper Money
    The paper was created for trade and wealth it was created in the Song dynasty
  • Tang Dynasty

    Tang Dynasty
    This dynasty arose in 618A.D when an official from the Sui dynasty this dynasty ruled for about 300 years.
  • Poetry

    Poetry
    Many of China's greatest poets wrote during this period
  • Period: to

    The Sui Dynasty

    The Sui Dynasty only lasted a couple of years
  • Period: to Jan 1, 1279

    The Song Dynasty

    The Song Dynasty begins and accomplishes many achivements like the Tang Dynasty and rules for about 300 years.