East Asian Dynasties Timeline

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  • Xia dynasty (China)
    2200 BCE

    Xia dynasty (China)

    The founder Yu engineered the draining of the waters of a Great Flood.
  • Shang Dynasty (china)
    1766 BCE

    Shang Dynasty (china)

    The Shang Dynasty left written records.
  • 1700 BCE

    Xia Dynasty (china)

    The end of The Xia Dynasty
  • 1080 BCE

    Shang Dynasty (china)

    The end of The Shang Dynasty
  • Zhou Dynasty (China)
    1045 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty (China)

    The Chinese culture spread, trade grew, and started to create iron tools. Laws created for the first time, first coins being created, and farmers used plows pulled by oxen
  • 221 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty (China)

    The end of The Zhou Dynasty.
  • Qin Dynasty (China)
    221 BCE

    Qin Dynasty (China)

    Ruled by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang.
  • 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty (China)

    The end of The Qin Dynasty.
  • Han Dynasty (China)
    206 BCE

    Han Dynasty (China)

    The Great Wall of China was being built.
  • Silla Dynasty (Korea)
    57 BCE

    Silla Dynasty (Korea)

    Brought Unity among the people of Korea.
  • Goguryeo Dynasty (Korea)
    37 BCE

    Goguryeo Dynasty (Korea)

    Goguryeo Dynasty was very powerful.
  • Baekje Dynasty (Korea)
    18 BCE

    Baekje Dynasty (Korea)

    The Baekje king conquered the Mahan federation.
  • 221

    Han Dynasty (China)

    The end of The Han Dynasty.
  • Sui Dynasty (China)
    581

    Sui Dynasty (China)

    Build granaries to keep Surplus.
  • 618

    Sui Dynasty (china)

    The end of The Sui Dynasty.
  • Tang Dynasty (china)
    618

    Tang Dynasty (china)

    The Dynasty was a time full of peace and prosperity.
  • 660

    Baekje Dynasty (Korea)

    The end of Baekje Dynasty.
  • 668

    Goguryeo Dynasty (Korea)

    The end of Goguryeo Dynasty.
  • 668

    Goguryeo Dynasty (Korea)

    The end of Goguryeo Dynasty.
  • Parhae Dynasty (Korea)
    698

    Parhae Dynasty (Korea)

    Parhae was the successor state to Koguryŏ.
  • Nara and Heian period (Japan)
    710

    Nara and Heian period (Japan)

    The government made it official to support Buddhism and large temples were builted.
  • 907

    Tang Dynasty (china)

    The end of The Tang Dynasty.
  • Goryeo Dynasty (Korea)
    918

    Goryeo Dynasty (Korea)

    The Kingdom oversaw developments in architecture, ceramics, printing, and paper making.
  • 926

    Parhae Dynasty (Korea)

    The end of Parhae Dynasty.
  • 935

    Silla Dynasty (Korea)

    The end of Silla Dynasty.
  • Song Dynasty (china)
    960

    Song Dynasty (china)

    Song Dynasty created Porcelain.
  • 1192

    Nara and Heian period (Japan)

    The end of Nara and Heian period.
  • kamakura Period (Japan)
    1192

    kamakura Period (Japan)

    The large Buddha stature was created for everyone to use.
  • 1279

    Song Dynasty (china)

    The end of The Song Dynasty.
  • Yuan Dynasty (China)
    1279

    Yuan Dynasty (China)

    Yuan Dynasty expanded across Asia.
  • 1333

    kamakura Period (Japan)

    The end of Kamakura period.
  • 1368

    Yuan Dynasty (China)

    The end of The Yuan Dynasty.
  • Ming Dynasty (China)
    1368

    Ming Dynasty (China)

    The trade expanded.
  • 1392

    Goryeo Dynasty (Korea)

    The end of Goryeo Dynasty.
  • Joseon Dynasty (Korea)
    1392

    Joseon Dynasty (Korea)

    Longest-ruling Confucian dynasty.
  • Muromachi Period (Japan)
    1573

    Muromachi Period (Japan)

    The warriors became more important.
  • 1573

    Muromachi Period (Japan)

    The end of Muromachi Period.
  • Azuchi-Momoyama period (Japan)
    1573

    Azuchi-Momoyama period (Japan)

    Oda Nobunaga imposed order on the nation in the aftermath of the crumbling of the Ashikaga shogunate.
  • Azuchi-Momoyama period (Japan)

    The end of Azuchi-Momoyama period.
  • Edo

    Edo

    Economic growth under the shogunate (military dictatorship).
  • Ming Dynasty (China)

    The end of The Ming Dynasty.
  • Qing Dynasty (China)

    Qing Dynasty (China)

    This dynasty wrote the Imperial Encyclopedia.
  • Meiji Period (Japan)

    Meiji Period (Japan)

    The emperor Meiji had trouble ruling Japan.
  • Edo Period (Japan)

    The end of Edo Period.
  • Joseon Dynasty (Korea)

    The end of Joseaon Dynasty.
  • Qing Dynasty (China)

    The end of The Qing Dynasty.
  • Meiji Period (Japan)

    The end of Meiji period.
  • Taisho and Early Showa period (Japan)

    Taisho and Early Showa period (Japan)

    World World 2 happened.
  • Taisho and Early Showa period (Japan)

    The end of Taisho and Early Showa period.