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1600 BCE
King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies, ending the dynasty
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Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE
Shang Dynasty
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1250 BCE
Reign of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty
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Period: 1100 BCE to 256 BCE
Zhou Dynasty begins in China
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551 BCE
Life of Confucius
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512 BCE
Sun Tzu, the author of the Art of War is born
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Period: 476 BCE to 221 BCE
Warring States Period
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Period: 230 BCE to 207 BCE
Qin Dynasty
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206 BCE
Han Dynasty
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202 BCE
Reign of Liu Bang
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Period: 141 BCE to 86
Reign of Wudi
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105 BCE
Invention of paper
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45
Reign of Emperor Wang Mang
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209
The Terracotta Army is buried
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1066
The crossbow is used for the first time in battle
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