East Asian Dynasties Timeline

  • xia dynasty (china)
    2200 BCE

    xia dynasty (china)

    This dynasty is the first dynasty in china.
  • Shang dynasty (china)
    1766 BCE

    Shang dynasty (china)

    They made horse- drawn chariots, writing, calendar, and religion.
  • xia dynasty ending (china)
    1700 BCE

    xia dynasty ending (china)

  • Shang dynasty ending (china)
    1080 BCE

    Shang dynasty ending (china)

  • Zhou dynasty (china)
    1045 BCE

    Zhou dynasty (china)

    This dynasty developed philosophies including Confucianism, Daoism, and legalism.
  • Zhou dynasty ending (china)
    221 BCE

    Zhou dynasty ending (china)

  • Qin dynasty ending (china)
    206 BCE

    Qin dynasty ending (china)

  • Han dynasty (china)
    206 BCE

    Han dynasty (china)

    This dynasty is known for their government structure.
  • Silla dynasty (Korea)
    57 BCE

    Silla dynasty (Korea)

    This was the first dynasty of korea.
  • Goguryeo dynasty (korea)
    37 BCE

    Goguryeo dynasty (korea)

    This dynasty ruled northern korea during the three kingdoms period.
  • Baekje dynasty (korea)
    18 BCE

    Baekje dynasty (korea)

    This dynasty is known for its great power.
  • Han dynasty ending (china)
    221

    Han dynasty ending (china)

  • Qin dynasty (china)
    221

    Qin dynasty (china)

    This dynasty made the great wall and a large army of Terracotta warriors.
  • Sui dynasty (korea)
    581

    Sui dynasty (korea)

    This dynasty is known for there stable economy.
  • Sui dynasty ending (korea)
    618

    Sui dynasty ending (korea)

  • Tang dynasty (korea)
    618

    Tang dynasty (korea)

    This dynasty was known for there peace and for that they were powerful.
  • Baekje dynasty ending (korea)
    660

    Baekje dynasty ending (korea)

  • Goguryeo dynasty ending (korea)
    668

    Goguryeo dynasty ending (korea)

  • Parhae dynasty (korea)
    698

    Parhae dynasty (korea)

    This dynasty is known for being wealthy.
  • Nara and heien period (japan)
    710

    Nara and heien period (japan)

    Large Buddhist monasteries were built in the new capital. The Heian period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, especially poetry and literature.
  • Tang dynasty ending (korea)
    907

    Tang dynasty ending (korea)

  • Parhae dynasty ending (korea)
    926

    Parhae dynasty ending (korea)

  • Silla dynasty ending (Korea)
    935

    Silla dynasty ending (Korea)

  • Song dynasty (china)
    960

    Song dynasty (china)

    This period was known for being during the golden age.
  • Nara and heien periods ending (japan)
    1192

    Nara and heien periods ending (japan)

  • Kamakura period (japan)
    1192

    Kamakura period (japan)

    In this time period they started the military.
  • Shang dynasty ending (china)
    1279

    Shang dynasty ending (china)

  • Kamakura period ending (japan)
    1333

    Kamakura period ending (japan)

  • Muromachi period (japan)
    1338

    Muromachi period (japan)

    The muromachi period did really good art of all kinds, architecture, literature
  • Muromachi period ending (japan)
    1573

    Muromachi period ending (japan)

  • Azuchi–momoyama period (japan)
    1573

    Azuchi–momoyama period (japan)

    In Japanese history, age of political unification under the daimyo Oda Nobunaga and his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who finally brought all provinces under the control of the central government.
  • Azuchi–momoyama period ending (japan)

    Azuchi–momoyama period ending (japan)

  • Edo period (japan)

    Edo period (japan)

    Tokyo officially became the Japanese capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868, at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo.
  • Edo period ending (japan)

    Edo period ending (japan)

  • Meiji period (japan)

    Meiji period (japan)

    Also called the Meiji Emperor, he was the first ruler of Japan to wield actual political power in centuries
  • Meiji period ending (japan)

    Meiji period ending (japan)

  • Taisho and early Showa Period (japan)

    Taisho and early Showa Period (japan)

    In December 1941, Japan attacked the Allied powers at Pearl Harbor and several other points throughout the Pacific.
  • Taisho and early Showa Period ending (japan)

    Taisho and early Showa Period ending (japan)