Silk Roads

  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    Han Empire

    Interrupted by the rule of Wang Mang, 9-23 CE
  • 200 BCE

    Monsoon Winds Mastered

    C. 2nd Century BCE
  • Period: 200 BCE to 1000

    Spread of Buddhism and Hinduism

  • Period: 120 BCE to 1500

    Use of the Silk Roads

    Still widely used nearly 1000 years after establishment
  • Period: 102 BCE to 98 BCE

    Han Wudi's Campaign against the Xiongnu

  • Period: 27 BCE to 476

    Roman Empire

  • Period: 200 to 600

    Disease Outbreak in the Roman/Han Empires

  • 220

    Fall of the Han Dynasty

  • 476

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire