Ancient China By 2valid_zyion 23,245 BCE reign of emperor wang mang Period: 2010 BCE to 2009 BCE the terracotta army is buried Period: 1766 BCE to 1122 BCE king jie of the xia dynasty dies ending the dynasty Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE shang dynasty Period: 1250 BCE to 1009 BCE regin of emperor wu ding of the shang dynasty Period: 1046 BCE to 256 BCE Zhou beings in China 551 BCE life of confucius Period: 475 BCE to 221 BCE warring states period Period: 256 BCE to 195 BCE reign of liu bang Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE Qin dynasty Period: 206 BCE to 195 BCE han dynasty Period: 202 BCE to 195 BCE reign of liu bang Period: 141 BCE to 87 reign of wudi 34 BCE the crossbow was used for the first battle Period: 25 BCE to 2021 BCE invention 544 sun tzu