HILD 10

By omaddox9
  • Period: 1554 BCE to 1046 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

  • 1200 BCE

    First Writing

  • Period: 1045 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

  • Period: 1045 BCE to 771 BCE

    Western Zhou

  • Period: 770 BCE to 479 BCE

    Eastern Zhou: Spring and Autumn period

  • 500 BCE

    Changes to war

    Before 500 BC:
    - "war ran on bronze weapons, chariots, and warriors organized by aristocratic clans, in armies no larger than several thousand soldiers." (45) After 500 BC:
    - many more soldiers (hundreds of thousands)
    - Chariots + foot soldiers --> "cavalry (soldiers fighting on horseback) and huge infantry units, carefully ranked and with specialist commanders." (45)
    - compound bows --> deadly crossbows + swords (iron)
    - aim: to kill
  • Period: 480 BCE to 221 BCE

    Eastern Zhou: Warring States

  • 400 BCE

    Bronze --> Iron

    This is when iron replaced bronze in weaponry. Also used for tools. (50)
  • 338 BCE

    Shang Yang's Legalist Reforms

    We know that Shang Yang died in 338 BC, so we can assume that his reforms were implemented generally around this time.
    To see what impact his reforms had, see the last paragraph on page 49 of the textbook.
    - Also try to remember what his reforms were (meritocracy, bureaucracy, etc.) What did this mean for people living in the Qin state?
    Reminder to review legalism!
  • 307 BCE

    (Another War Change) Mounted Archery

    Mounted Archery = fighting on horseback using a bow and arrow What kind of clothing change came along with mounted archery? What did the King say to the aristocrats of Zhou? (47)
  • 300 BCE

    Feudal domains --> Territorial States

    ***In 480, there were about 20 fiefs
    By 300, there were only 7 big fiefs and a few small ones left (due to competition)
    - Dukes called themselves "King"
    - Clear boundaries - long walls
    (page 45)
  • Period: 250 BCE to 240 BCE

    Irrigation System Built (Dujiangyan)

    "As a Qin official in Sichuan, from about 250- 240 BC, Li Bing persuaded Sichuan natives and Qin colonists to construct a remarkable irrigation system in which a levee divided the Min river into two halves." (50) How would you paraphrase this from the textbook? How did this contribute toward Qin's victory?
  • 221 BCE

    Qin victory

    On page 56 of the textbook: "In 223, he [King Zheng]
    defeated his most impressive rival, the southern state of Chu; the northern state of Yan fell in 222; and with the fall of Qi the next year, the new empire was complete. King Zheng credited his ancestors with his victory and began a grand ancestral cult to them."
    How did the Qin defeat the other states? (see page 56)
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty (Mainland)

  • Period: 200 BCE to 313

    Early Historical Period (Peninsula+)

  • Period: 100 to 350

    Late Yayoi (Archipelago)

  • Period: 220 to 580

    Period of Division (Mainland)

  • Period: 300 to 668

    Three Kingdoms (Peninsula+)

  • Period: 350 to 710

    Yamato centralization (Archipelago)

  • Period: 581 to 617

    Sui (Mainland)

  • Period: 618 to 907

    Tang (Mainland)

  • Period: 668 to 935

    Silla (Peninsula+)

  • Period: 710 to 794

    Nara (Archipelago)