Class Timeline By kmillertcs Period: 1122 BCE to 256 BCE Zhou Dynasty 1050 BCE King Wen (Zhou) is the first to claim "Mandate of Heaven" 600 BCE Iron Working in China Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE Life of Confucius Period: 328 BCE to 308 BCE Qin Dynasty grows 321 BCE Beginning of Maurya Empire 268 BCE Asoka Conquers Deccan Plateau 221 BCE Ying Zheng Proclaims Himself Shi Huangdi - First Emperor 221 BCE Construction of the Great Wall begins in China [The Great Wallof China](vhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China) Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE Qin Dynasty Rules China 210 BCE Shi Huangdi dies and is buried with thousands of terra cotta warriors. Period: 202 BCE to 220 Han Dynasty Rules China Period: 202 BCE to 195 Liu Bang (First Han emperor) rules China Period: 202 BCE to 226 Paper is Invented 185 BCE Fall of Mauryan Empire Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE Emperor Wudi (Most Famous Han Emperor) Rules China Period: 138 BCE to 126 BCE Silk Road Opens Period: 320 to 550 Gupta Empire Period: 320 to 540 Golden Age - Gupta Empire Period: 484 to 510 Hun Invasion of India