history empires timeline By gabe9230 1570 BCE bronze tech begins Period: 1570 BCE to 1045 BCE shang dynasty 1200 BCE oracle bones first use Period: 1100 BCE to 1050 BCE reigns of last shang king 1045 BCE feudal system starts Period: 1045 BCE to 256 BCE zhou dynasty Period: 1000 BCE to 800 BCE golden age Period: 753 BCE to 476 rome Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE life of Confucius 509 BCE roman republic begins 500 BCE iron tech begins 500 BCE Confucius's teachings start to flourish 221 BCE Qin state re-unifies China 221 BCE feudalism abolished Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE qin dynasty 218 BCE great wall construction started Period: 206 BCE to 220 han dynasty Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE emperor Wu reigns Period: 140 BCE to 87 BCE massive expansion through war 45 BCE Julius Caesar becomes dictator of rome 44 BCE Julius Caesar of Rome gets assassinated 91 the Han dynasty invades mongolia