east asia dynasty timeline

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  • 2200 BCE

    Xia Dynasty (china)

    Xia Dynasty (china)
    The Xia dynasty is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography
  • 1766 BCE

    Shang Dynasty (China)

    Shang Dynasty (China)
    They uncovered eleven major royal tombs and the foundations of palaces and ritual sites, containing weapons of war and remains from both animal and human sacrifices.
  • 1045 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty (China)

    Zhou Dynasty (China)
    The most influential minds in the Chinese intellectual tradition flourished under the Zhou
  • 221 BCE

    Qin Dynasty (China)

    Qin Dynasty (China)
    it unified China, creating the first dynasty ruled by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang
  • 206 BCE

    Han Dynasty (China)

    Han Dynasty (China)
    The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period. Spanning over four centuries, the Han period is considered a golden age in Chinese history
  • 581

    Sui Dynasty (China)

    Sui Dynasty (China)
    The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties and reinstalled the rule of ethnic Chinese in the entirety of China proper, along with sinicization of former nomadic ethnic minorities within its territory.
  • 618

    Tang Dynasty (China)

    Tang Dynasty (China)
    they made gunpowder.
  • 960

    Song Dynasty (China)

    Song Dynasty (China)
    The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
  • 1279

    Yuan Dynasty (China)

    Yuan Dynasty (China)
    China's first foreign-led dynasty
  • 1368

    Ming Dynasty (China)

    Ming Dynasty (China)