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1700 BCE
Shang Dynasty
The Shang Dynasty is the first dynasty where there is archaeological evidence about. Archaeological objects were found, writing was found on bronze and bones. -
1368 BCE
Ming Dynasty
In the beginning the Chinese had rebelled against the Moguls, then the Ming Dynasty started in 1268 BCE. During that time discovery and traveling were very popular and many novels were written during that era. -
1279 BCE
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty had written novels during that era, which was considered a great accomplishment. Two well known novels that are very famous are "The Water Margin" and "The Romance of Three Kingdoms". -
960 BCE
Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty was a very weak dynasty and was often invaded. However, their dynasty influenced literature greatly in various ways. In fact, they created woodblock printing and travel literature. -
771 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
In 771 BCE the Zhou capital was captured and because of that, battles and invasions occurred. This led to poets writing more about war poems. -
618 BCE
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty shined light on poetry in Chinese literature.The poems cast back the hard times during war and the death of others. However, more than 1,400 poems have survived, and some are very well known to this this day. -
213 BCE
Shih Huang Ti
The former Chinese Emperor, Shih Huang Ti, killed scholars and had burned all their writings and books. Soon after, he had attempted to rewrite all the burned books from famous scholars. -
206 BCE
Han Dynasty
The Han Dynasty was an era where Confucianism was revived, and text were written and published. It was mixed with legalism and and philosophy and a major contribution to this were historical and scientific texts.
