Class Timeline

  • Period: 1122 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

  • 1050 BCE

    King Wen (Zhou) is the first to claim "Mandate of Heaven"

  • 600 BCE

    Iron Working in China

  • Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE

    Life of Confucius

  • Period: 328 BCE to 308 BCE

    Qin Dynasty grows

  • 321 BCE

    Beginning of Maurya Empire

  • 268 BCE

    Asoka Conquers Deccan Plateau

  • 221 BCE

    Ying Zheng Proclaims Himself Shi Huangdi - First Emperor

  • 221 BCE

    Construction of the Great Wall begins in China

    [The Great Wallof China](vhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China)
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty Rules China

  • 210 BCE

    Shi Huangdi dies and is buried with thousands of terra cotta warriors.

  • Period: 202 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty Rules China

  • Period: 202 BCE to 195

    Liu Bang (First Han emperor) rules China

  • Period: 202 BCE to 226

    Paper is Invented

  • 185 BCE

    Fall of Mauryan Empire

  • Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE

    Emperor Wudi (Most Famous Han Emperor) Rules China

  • Period: 138 BCE to 126 BCE

    Silk Road Opens

  • Period: 320 to 550

    Gupta Empire

  • Period: 320 to 540

    Golden Age - Gupta Empire

  • Period: 484 to 510

    Hun Invasion of India