Ancient China

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  • Period: 1760 BCE to 1122 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

  • Period: 600 BCE to 531 BCE

    Lao-tzu, founder of Taoism is born

  • 563 BCE

    Buddha is born in India

    563 B.C.
  • 551 BCE

    Birth of the philosopher Confucius.

    551 B.C.
  • 221 BCE

    Qin Shi Huangdi, the ruler of the Kingdom of Qin, conquers neighbouring kingdoms and becomes the first Emperor of China. Work begins on the Great Wall of China.

    221 B.C.
  • 210 BCE

    Death of Qin Shi Huangdi

    210 B.C.
  • 202 BCE

    Rise of the Han Dynasty (until AD 220)

    202 B.C.
  • 150 BCE

    Ancient Chinese traders begin using the Silk Road.

    150 B.C.
  • 750

    The Chinese invented block printing

    c. A.D. 750
  • 1050

    The Chinese invented moveable print

    c. 1050
  • 1092

    The first mechanical clock, the Su Song clock, is built

    1092
  • 1271

    Marco Polo arrives in China.

    1271
  • Period: 1279 to 1368

    The Yuan Dynasty

    1279-1368
  • Period: 1368 to

    The Ming Dynasty

    1368-1644
  • 1405

    The first voyages of the great treasure fleet of Admiral Cheng Ho

    1405

  • Discovery of the terracotta army guarding the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi

    1974