history empires timeline

  • 1570 BCE

    bronze tech begins

  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1045 BCE

    shang dynasty

  • 1200 BCE

    oracle bones first use

  • Period: 1100 BCE to 1050 BCE

    reigns of last shang king

  • 1045 BCE

    feudal system starts

  • Period: 1045 BCE to 256 BCE

    zhou dynasty

  • Period: 1000 BCE to 800 BCE

    golden age

  • Period: 753 BCE to 476

    rome

  • Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE

    life of Confucius

  • 509 BCE

    roman republic begins

  • 500 BCE

    iron tech begins

  • 500 BCE

    Confucius's teachings start to flourish

  • 221 BCE

    Qin state re-unifies China

  • 221 BCE

    feudalism abolished

  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    qin dynasty

  • 218 BCE

    great wall construction started

  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    han dynasty

  • Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE

    emperor Wu reigns

  • Period: 140 BCE to 87 BCE

    massive expansion through war

  • 45 BCE

    Julius Caesar becomes dictator of rome

  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar of Rome gets assassinated

  • 91

    the Han dynasty invades mongolia