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1750 BCE
Shang dynasty has first major rule over china
This dynasty was considered a farming society by aristocracy. -
Period: 1750 BCE to 1045 BCE
Shang Dynasty rules china
The Shang Dynasty made many achievements such as bronze weapons and tools. The capital is where present day Zhengzhou and Anyang -
1601 BCE
The First lunar calendar is made
it was a solar based calendar developed by Wan- Nein. The calendar was a 365 day calendar. -
Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE
The stratified government of Shang Dynasty
These levels much like the Egyptians levels are the King, local governors, and nobles, craftsmen, traders, farmers, slaves -
1200 BCE
Bronze tools are made for warfare
First used for transport for high nobies it would soon be put into combat where men with bows would sit and shoot off in a moving chariot. they would also put long poles out to smack down there enemy's -
1045 BCE
Shang Dynasty falls
Conquerors from the state of Zhou invaded the capital toppling the Shang Dynasty -
1045 BCE
Zhou Dynasty comes to power
Declares the mandate from heaven. The idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at the time. Meaning that the ruler has the blessing of the gods. -
Period: 1045 BCE to 256 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
Major projects to control flooding and irrigation fields, iron plow increases crops, silk farms, Chinese written language. There capital is in Hao (near present-day Xi'an) and Luoyang -
771 BCE
CHOPSTICKS INVENTED
Chopsticks where the main utensil used by Chinese people. they would range anywhere from wood, metal, even gold. Some Chinese people even believed that silver chopsticks could detect for poison in foods -
475 BCE
The first plow invented
a flat v shaped iron piece that is attracted to a wooden piece that was pulled by a human in order to plow a field. -
403 BCE
Zhou Dynasty has trouble
Civil war begins to brew in the states of China. The Zhou Dynasty was strong but the rulers who were ruling at the time were requiring for help to run the empire. the states of Chu, Han, Qin, Wei, Yan, Qi and Zhao. -
Period: 403 BCE to 223 BCE
Chinese civil war
improvement the warfare come along with this war such as Iron weapons, calvary men, and crossbows -
400 BCE
The crossbow is made
The crossbow is a formidable opponent on the battlefield. it could be fired at more powerful and much more arrows than a standard bow. it was mainly modeled after the art of sun tzu in the book the art of war. -
256 BCE
Zhou Dynasty falls
This Dynasty falls because of a weakened government from the recent civil war that took place -
221 BCE
Qin Dynasty comes to power
This Dynasty comes to power by attacking the capital while it was weakened by the civil war. -
Period: 221 BCE to 207 BCE
Qin Dynasty
Making simple Monetary system, systems of roads, extends control to red river, builds grand canal, adopts Legalism. There capital is in Chang'an, present-day Xian -
Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Roadways and canals made and formed
the Qin dynasty expanded the road ways and canal networks for transport, trade, and military use -
220 BCE
The great wall of china finishes construction
The great wall was formed under the Qin Dynasty. to protect the northern cities of china from northern invaders -
210 BCE
The terracotta army is built
it is a collection of stone soldiers that are there to protect the king of china Qin Shi Huang. -
206 BCE
Qin Dynasty ends
The Qin Dynasty would fall at the hands of a warlord named Xiang Yu. destroying the capital and splitting the empire into 18 different states.