This is the song that never ends, it just goes on and on my friend. Some people, started singing it not knowing what it was, and they just kept on singing it forever just because.

By nlam@student.dalat.org
  • 1400 BCE

    Jews: Moses

    Some old guy with a stick did weird stuff with it. The Jews, Christians, and Muslims believed in him.
  • Period: 480 BCE to 400 BCE

    India: Siddhartha Gautama

    Guy was born under greatness to either be a king or great teacher, and so he was isolated, but he sneaked out, and so he saw suffering, and so he ran away, and so he became a monk, and so he sat under a tree, and so he was tempted, and so he resisted, and so he became enlightened, and so he became Buddha, and so he started teaching people, and so he died, and so the end, but not really because Buddhism is still around today
  • Period: 268 BCE to 232 BCE

    India: Ashoka the Great

    Ashoka the Great,
    What a chummy mate!
    He could hold his beer like no one,
    Drinking forever, never done.
    Ashoka the Great,
    He was always late!
    Always slept in until five after nine,
    Then he'd get up and begin to dine.
    Ashoka the Great,
    Oh, how we hate!
    He was a meanie, a nasty king
    He loved music but never could sing.
    Ashoka the Great,
    It really was fate!
    Your round belly and many wives,
    Were always destined to be stabbed by knives. (On a side note, Indian conqueror prince turned Buddhist)
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    China: Qin Dynasty

    First unified China in 300 years. Qin Shihuang as the first emperor. Legalistic and standardized written language and currency. Terracotta warriors.
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    China: Han Dynasty

    The golden age of China. Established Confucianism. The era of great economic growth and trade on the Silk Road began. Introduced the tribute system.
  • Period: 57 BCE to 668

    Korea: Three Kingdoms of Korea

    Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo. Goguryeo constantly fought off nomads and was inclined towards military strength. They expanded upwards and inwards, stopping at the borders of China. Baekje, smaller and weaker, was taken over. Silla allied itself with Han China and defeated Goguryeo. Later, in a disagreement, the two fought, and Silla managed to drive China out and gain control of Korea.
  • Period: 100 to 845

    China: Buddhism in China

    Buddhism entering China through Silk Road traders. Pilgrimage to the East. Schools and monasteries established. Buddhist monks as a kind of gentry. Widely accepted by emperors and scholars, but occasionally suppressed. Lasted beyond its golden years to modern China.
  • Period: 300 to 543

    India: Gupta Empire

    Golden age of India, with cultural and academic advancements, but super short I liek møøses!
  • Period: 609 to 632

    Islam: Muhammad

    Guy gets trippy vision and scrolls, runs away, creates a cult, comes back, fights them, and establishes a religion around some weird black box
  • Period: 710 to 794

    Japan: Nara Period

    Established by Empress Genmei, who moved the capital to Nara.
  • Period: 750 to 1258

    Islam: Abbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbasid Caliphate

    Guys who had a lot of cultures and stuffs
  • Period: 794 to 1185

    Japan: Heian Period

    Japan's golden period. Last division of classical Japanese history. Influenced greatly by China, with Buddhism, Daoism, and other Chinese influences.
  • 900

    Southeast Asia: Angkor

    Built a pretty big temple for Hinduism, but midway converted to Buddhism and then died out
  • 900

    Southeast Asia: Pagan

    Religiously diverse country with a crap ton of temples
  • Period: 900 to

    China: Neo-Confucianism

    A more modern blending of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism. Also adopted by Japan and Korea. Is largely part of modern Asian culture.
  • Period: 1279 to 1368

    China: Yuan Dynasty

    The Mongol Dynasty. Kublai Khan conquered China and controlled it for this period of time. Although trade and infrastructure improved, the people were resentful of the Mongols, and later rebelled.
  • Period: 1392 to

    Korea: Choson Dynasty

    Founded by T'aejo. Ruled over by King Sejong, who established a unique written language for Korea, and encyclopedias for many subjects, including farming and astronomy. The government system was also revamped based on Confucian classics. Korea respectfully withdrew from China, becoming more independent, but at the same time, keeping ties and continuing to trade.
  • Period: 1500 to

    South Asia: Colonization

    White guys came to brown guys and traded with/took over/killed/got killed/allied with/colonized/attempted to colonize South Asia for a very long time because they were greedy bastards
  • Period: Oct 15, 1542 to

    India: Akbar the Great

    A liberal ruler of the Mughals, accepted other religions and removed the tax on them, even sponsoring theological discussions. Focused largely on educations and reforms
  • Period: to

    Japan: Edo/Tokugawa Period

    Feudalism in Japan. Local landowners, daimyos, constantly fought each other with their samurai to gain control. Under Tokugawa shogunate, which was legalistic, and gained control of daimyos by requiring them to stay in Edo, the capital, every other year. Samurai were proud and noble warriors who followed a strict code of conduct called Bushido, and when breaking the code, would end their life in seppuku.