Southernization in China

By jatkins2023
  • 1200 BCE

    Compass History in China

    Many prototypes of the compass existed in China but the final version of the south-pointed needle was developed in the Song dynasty and were soon used on the Southern Ocean
  • 1100 BCE

    China reached a population of 100 million

  • Period: 960 BCE to 1279 BCE

    Song Dynasty

  • 919 BCE

    Uses in gunpowder

    Gunpowder was used as an igniter in a flame thrower, and the tenth century also saw the use of flaming arrows, rockets, and bombs, thrown by catapults
  • 644 BCE

    Identification of saltpeter

    An Indian monk identified soils in China that contained saltpeter and demonstrated the purple flame that results from the ignition
  • Period: 618 BCE to 906 BCE

    Tong Dynasty

  • 610 BCE

    Construction of the Grand Canal during the Sui Dynasty

    The Grand Canal delivered southern rice to Northern cities
  • 600 BCE

    Southern China reaches big developments

    Southern China was well on its way on becoming the most prosperous and most commercial part of the empire.
  • 581 BCE

    Sui Dynasty reunited the empire

    Sui ruled all of China again from a single northern state but were now dependent on southern crops. Southernization already had a big impact on China
  • 221 BCE

    Han Dynasty Falls

    China's dynasty falls and was ruled by an ever changing collection of regional kingdoms