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300
Yayoi people organize in japan
In Japan it suddenly appeared in an advanced form. Rice farming began in the Yangtze River area of China as early as 5000 BC, and was well developed by the time of the Yayoi people. ... China had also been using bronze for a long time already when the Yayoi culture began in Japan. -
400
Yamota control japan
The Yamato period (大和時代, Yamato-jidai) is the period of Japanese history when the .... Clan members were the aristocracy, and the kingly line that controlled the Yamato court was at its pinnacle. The Kofun period of Japanese culture -
400
prince Shotuku writes Japanese constitution
was the nephew of Empress Suiko and served as ... reform of the Japanese government using imported Confucian and Buddhist -
560
Grand Canal links northern and southern china
China's first great canal system, which created a northeast-southwest link from the Huang He (when the Huang had a northern course) to the Huai River, was built beginning in 605 during the Sui dynasty (581–618). ... In this way, the modern Grand Canal came into being. -
690
Empress Wu begins rule
690-704 CE) was the only female emperor in the history of China. She reigned during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) and was one of the most effective and controversial monarchs in China's history. She began her life at court as a concubine of the emperor Taizong. -
939
Chinese rule Vietnam wins
Vietnam's recorded history stretches back to the mid-to-late 3rd century BCE, when Âu Lạc and ... During the Chinese domination of northern Vietnam, several civilizations flourished in what is today central and south Vietnam, ..... The eventual winner, Lê Long Đĩnh, became the most notorious tyrant in Vietnamese history. -
939
Chinese rule of Vietnam ends
In the early 10th century the Tang dynasty in China collapsed. The Vietnamese seized the initiative and launched a long overdue revolt against Chinese rule in Vietnam. In 938 AD popular patriot Ngo Quyen finally vanquished the Chinese armies at a battle on the Bach Dang River, ending 1000 years of Chinese rule. -
1150
Chinese perfect magnetic compass
The magnetic compass is the most familiar compass type. It functions as a pointer to "magnetic north", the local magnetic meridian, because the magnetized needle at its heart aligns itself with the horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field. -
1260
Kublai Khan rules Mongol Empire
Born in Mongolia in 1215, Kublai Khan rose to power in 1260 and became ruler of the vast Mongolian Empire his grandfather, Genghis Khan, had established. ... His subjugation of the Song Dynasty in southern China made him the first Mongol to rule over the entire country and led to a long period of prosperity for the empire. -
1421
Emperor Young Le builds the imperial city
The Imperial city was built in Beijing. It is an immense complex of palaces and temples surrounded by six and one half miles of walls. Because it was off limits to commoners, it was known as the Forbidden city -
Manchus conquer Ming dynasty
he transition from Ming to Qing or the Ming–Qing transition, also known as the Manchu conquest of China, was a decades-long period of conflict between the Qing dynasty, established by Manchu clan Aisin Gioro in Manchuria, and the Ming dynasty of China in the south.
