East Asian Dynasties Timeline

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  • 2200 BCE

    Xia dynasty (China)

    Xia dynasty (China)
    The founder Yu engineered the draining of the waters of a Great Flood.
  • 1766 BCE

    Shang Dynasty (china)

    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
  • 1045 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty (China)

    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.
  • 221 BCE

    Qin Dynasty (China)

    Qin Dynasty (China)
    Ruled by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang.
  • 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty (China)

    The end of The Qin Dynasty.
  • 206 BCE

    Han Dynasty (China)

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

    Silla Dynasty (Korea)

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

    Goguryeo Dynasty (Korea)

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

    Baekje Dynasty (Korea)

    Baekje Dynasty (Korea)
    The Baekje king conquered the Mahan federation.
  • 221

    Han Dynasty (China)

    The end of The Han Dynasty.
  • 581

    Sui Dynasty (China)

    Sui Dynasty (China)
    Build granaries to keep Surplus.
  • 618

    Sui Dynasty (china)

    The end of The Sui Dynasty.
  • 618

    Tang Dynasty (china)

    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.
  • 698

    Parhae Dynasty (Korea)

    Parhae Dynasty (Korea)
    Parhae was the successor state to Koguryŏ.
  • 710

    Nara and Heian period (Japan)

    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.
  • 918

    Goryeo Dynasty (Korea)

    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.
  • 960

    Song Dynasty (china)

    Song Dynasty (china)
    Song Dynasty created Porcelain.
  • 1192

    Nara and Heian period (Japan)

    The end of Nara and Heian period.
  • 1192

    kamakura Period (Japan)

    kamakura Period (Japan)
    The large Buddha stature was created for everyone to use.
  • 1279

    Song Dynasty (china)

    The end of The Song Dynasty.
  • 1279

    Yuan Dynasty (China)

    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.
  • 1368

    Ming Dynasty (China)

    Ming Dynasty (China)
    The trade expanded.
  • 1392

    Goryeo Dynasty (Korea)

    The end of Goryeo Dynasty.
  • 1392

    Joseon Dynasty (Korea)

    Joseon Dynasty (Korea)
    Longest-ruling Confucian dynasty.
  • 1573

    Muromachi Period (Japan)

    Muromachi Period (Japan)
    The warriors became more important.
  • 1573

    Muromachi Period (Japan)

    The end of Muromachi Period.
  • 1573

    Azuchi-Momoyama period (Japan)

    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.