East Asia 600 B.C.E. - 600 C.E.

  • 500 BCE

    Kite

  • 479 BCE

    Confucius

  • 471 BCE

    Chinese Crossbow

  • 403 BCE

    Begin of Warring State Period

  • 336 BCE

    Alexander the Great

  • 327 BCE

    Alexander the Great invades India

  • 300 BCE

    Idea of Iron comes to Korea

  • 256 BCE

    End of Zhou Dynasty

  • 233 BCE

    Legalism

  • 221 BCE

    Start of QIn Dynasty

  • 221 BCE

    Compass

  • 206 BCE

    End of Qin Dynasty

  • 202 BCE

    Start of Han Dynasty

  • 200 BCE

    Rice begins to grow

  • 200 BCE

    Great Wall of China

  • 200 BCE

    Japanese Bronze Age

  • 190 BCE

    Great Kingdoms in India

  • 140 BCE

    Confucianism

  • 124 BCE

    More exams for public officials in China

  • 100 BCE

    Invention of Paper