East Asian Dynasties Timeline

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  • 2200 BCE

    Xia Dynasty (China)

    Xia Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 1700 BC. They engineered draining water
  • 1766 BCE

    Shang Dynasty (China)

    Shang Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 1080 BC.
    One of their accomplishments was writing.
  • 1045 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty (China)

    Zhou Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 221 BC.
    It was the longest dynasty to exist.
  • 581 BCE

    Sui Dynasty (China)

    Sui Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 618.
    They had a stable economy.
  • 221 BCE

    Qin Dynasty (China)

    Qin Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 206 BC.
    They had created the Great Wall of China.
  • 57 BCE

    Silla Dynasty (Korea)

    Silla Dynasty (Korea)
    Lasted until 935.
    They were the first known to discover printing.
  • 37 BCE

    Goguryeo Dynasty (Korea)

    Goguryeo Dynasty (Korea)
    Lasted until 688. They had very large buildings.
  • 18 BCE

    Baekje Dynasty (Korea)

    Baekje Dynasty (Korea)
    Lasted until 660. They had great maritime power.
  • 221

    Han Dynasty (China)

    Han Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 206 BC.They invented negative numbers.
  • 618

    Tang Dynasty (China)

    Tang Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 907. Chinese poetry became pinnacle.
  • 698

    Parhae Dynasty (Korea)

    Parhae Dynasty (Korea)
    Lasted until 926. They helped a Chinese dynasty to conquer another dynasty.
  • 710

    Nara & Heian Dynasty (Japan)

    Nara & Heian Dynasty (Japan)
    Lasted until 1192. Their accomplishments are mainly cultural accomplishments.
  • 918

    Goryeo Dynasty (Korea)

    Goryeo Dynasty (Korea)
    Lasted until 1392. They designed many beautiful sculptures.
  • 960

    Song Dynasty (China)

    Song Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 1279. They used the compass first.
  • 1192

    Kamakura Dynasty (Japan)

    Kamakura Dynasty (Japan)
    Lasted until 1333. They marked their transition and-based economies and a concentration of advanced military technologies in the hands of a specialized fighting class.
  • 1279

    Yuan Dynasty (China)

    Yuan Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 1368. Novels were developed as a literary device.
  • 1338

    Muromachi Dynasty (Japan)

    Muromachi Dynasty (Japan)
    Lasted until 1573. They had witnessed their dynasty grow.
  • 1368

    Ming Dynasty (China)

    Ming Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 1644. Majority of the Great Wall of China was built during this era.
  • 1392

    Joseon Dynasty (Korea)

    Joseon Dynasty (Korea)
    Lasted until 1910. This was the last Korean dynasty.
  • 1573

    Azuch-Momoyama Dynasty (Japan)

    Azuch-Momoyama Dynasty (Japan)
    Lasted until 1603. They achieved control over a modern city.

  • Edo Dynasty (China)

    Edo Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 1868. They presided shotguns for over 250 years.

  • Qing Dynasty (China)

    Qing Dynasty (China)
    Lasted until 1911. They ruled over 13 million square feet of land.

  • Meiji Dynasty (Japan)

    Meiji Dynasty (Japan)
    Lasted until 1912. They adopted a constitution and a parliamentary system.

  • Taisho & Early Showa Dynasty (Japan)

    Taisho & Early Showa Dynasty (Japan)
    Lasted until 1945. They were considered as a democracy.