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1766 BCE
Shang Dynasty China
Shang’s Dynasty most significant contribution to history and culture was the creation of writing. -
1080 BCE
Shang Dynasty ends China
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1045 BCE
Zhou Dynasty China
The Zhou Dynasty introduced a very important religion, Confucianism. -
221 BCE
Zhou Dynasy Ends China
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221 BCE
Qin Dynasty China
A spectacular and grand contribution to history and culture by the Qin Dynasty was the Great Wall of China, which slowed down the invaders -
206 BCE
Qin Dynasty Ends China
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206 BCE
Han Dynasty China
Han Dynasty empire in 87 BC #2 First known paper-making process was invented by Cai Lun of Han Dynasty -
57 BCE
Silla Dynasty Korea
520 CE
Silla king Beopheung introduces the bone rank system. the first ever ruling power to bring unity amongst the people of Korea. -
37 BCE
Goguryeo (Koguryo) Dynasty Korea
was the first to be established as well as the largest and most powerful. -
18 BCE
Baekje Dynasty Korea
Baekje was founded in 18 BC by King Onjo, who led a group of people from Goguryeo south to the Han River basin. -
221
Han Dynasty China Ends
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581
Sui Dynasty China
Date Event; 581: The Sui dynasty begins and unifies China. -
Jan 1, 618
Sui Dynasty China Ends
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Jan 1, 618
Tang DynastyChina
The Tang Dynasty expanded the borders of China through, “Siberia in the north, Korea in the east, and Vietnam in the South,” -
Jan 1, 660
End of Baekje Dynasty Korea
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Jan 1, 668
End Of Goguryeo Dynasty Korea
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Jan 1, 698
Parhae Dynasty Korea
Parhae was the successor state to Koguryŏ, which had occupied most of northern Korea and Manchuria before being conquered in 668 by the kingdom of Silla, with the aid of the Chinese Tang dynasty (618–907). -
Jan 1, 710
Nara And Heian Periods Japan
774 CE - 835 CE
Life of the monk Kukai (aka Kobo Daishi), founder of Shingon Buddhism in Japan. -
Jan 1, 907
Tang Dynasty China Ends
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Jan 1, 918
Goryeo (Koryō) Period Korea
This dynasty had a unique beginning. Its founder, Wang Geon (reigned 918–943), embraced his former rivals and brought them into the fold of his new dynasty. -
Jan 1, 935
End of Silla Dynasty Korea
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Jan 1, 960
Song Dynasty China
1012
A new variety of early-ripening rice leads to an economic revolution. -
Jan 1, 1192
Kamakura period Japan
Two invasion attempts by the Mongols in 1274 and 1281 were thwarted by Japanese warriors with the aid of the “divine wind” (kamikaze) of typhoons that decimated the enemy fleet. -
Jan 1, 1192
End of Nara and Heian Periods Japanese
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Jan 1, 1279
Song Dynasty China Ends
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Jan 1, 1279
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty China
1331
The bubonic plague ravages the empire. -
Jan 1, 1333
End of Kamakura Japan Period
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Jan 1, 1338
Muromachi period Japan
1333 CE
Nitta Yoshisada attacks and destroys Kamakura, capital of Japan's Kamakura Shogunate. -
Jan 1, 1368
Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty China Ends
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Jan 1, 1368
Ming Dynasty China
One great contribution of the Ming Dynasty that is still seen today was the repairment of the Great Wall of China; they placed cannons along the walls -
Jan 1, 1392
Joseon Dynasty Korea
Joseon was the last dynasty of Korea and its longest-ruling Confucian dynasty. During its reign, Joseon encouraged the entrenchment of Chinese Confucian ideals and doctrines in Korean society. Neo-Confucianism was installed as the new dynasty's state ideology. -
Jan 1, 1573
Azuchi Mamoyama Period Japan
it was an age of magnificence and ostentation. The building of great castles and mansions replaced temple architecture. -
Edo Periods Japan
From the late 12th century through the 17th century, Japan was ruled by samurais (military leaders) but politics remained unstable. Internal wars and power shifts were very frequent, especially during the late 15th century to the end of the 16th century (called Sengoku Jidai, or warring period). -
Ming Dynasty China Ends
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Qing Dynasty China
Trade problems (Around 1793 - 1838 A.D.). China wants their silks, tea, and ceramics to be paid for in silver, not in exchange for foreign goods. This works for some time until France and England are concerned about their supplies of silver. They come up with trading schemes, such as getting the Chinese addicted to opium. -
Meiji Period Japan
Emperor Meiji rarely wielded personal political power, but he presided over the Westernization of Japan by abolishing the feudal land system, reforming education, and adopting for Japan a democratic form of government under the Meiji Constitution of 1890. -
Qing Dynasty China Ends
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Taisho and Early Showa Period Japan
The Shōwa period was preceded by the Taishō period (1912–26) and was followed by the Heisei period (1989– ). The first part of the Shōwa, from Hirohito’s enthronement in 1926 to the end of World War II in 1945, is known as the early Shōwa period.
