timeline

  • 1046 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty Begins

    A powerful leader of the Zhou named Wen Wang began to plan to overthrow the Shang Dynasty.
  • 130

    silk road begins

    The Silk Road was the longest ancient overland trade route.
  • 206

    han dynasty

    The Western Han and Tang Dynasties were strangely alike.
  • 230

    Qin Dynasty

    This dynasty lasted from 221 BC to 206 BC.
  • 551

    Confucius birth

    03Confucius was born in the district of Zou, now known as the Qufu City in China.
  • 618

    Tang Dynasty

    External attacks and civil war caused the death of millions of people.
  • 960

    song dnasty

    It was during the Song dynasty that the foot-binding among women became a widespread custom.
  • 1206

    Mongol Empire- Genghis Khan

    Genghis Khan was a 13th-century warrior in central Asia who founded the Mongol Empire, one of the largest empires in history.
  • 1279

    Kublai Khan conquest

    Kublai Khan was the fifth emperor (reigned 1260–94) of the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (1206–1368).
  • 1368

    Ming Dynasty

    The dynasty's greatest admiral and navigator, Zheng He, sailed a vast armada as far as Africa.
  • 1405

    Zheng He sea voyage

    Zheng He was the leader of a very large fleet of ships that traveled all over the Indian Ocean and Southwest Asia.
  • 1474

    Great Wall of China construction begins

    The fact is that the initial construction was 2,700 years ago during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 276BC).
  • Shang Kingdom begins

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    The earliest written records in Chinese history date back to the Shang Dynasty, which, according to legend, began when a tribal chief named Tang defeated the Xia Dynasty, which in 1600 B.C. was under the control of a tyrant named Jie.