East Asian Dynasties Timeline

  • 2200 BCE

    xia dynasty (china)

    xia dynasty (china)
    This dynasty is the first dynasty in china.
  • 1766 BCE

    Shang dynasty (china)

    Shang dynasty (china)
    They made horse- drawn chariots, writing, calendar, and religion.
  • 1700 BCE

    xia dynasty ending (china)

    xia dynasty ending (china)
  • 1080 BCE

    Shang dynasty ending (china)

    Shang dynasty ending (china)
  • 1045 BCE

    Zhou dynasty (china)

    Zhou dynasty (china)
    This dynasty developed philosophies including Confucianism, Daoism, and legalism.
  • 221 BCE

    Zhou dynasty ending (china)

    Zhou dynasty ending (china)
  • 206 BCE

    Qin dynasty ending (china)

    Qin dynasty ending (china)
  • 206 BCE

    Han dynasty (china)

    Han dynasty (china)
    This dynasty is known for their government structure.
  • 57 BCE

    Silla dynasty (Korea)

    Silla dynasty (Korea)
    This was the first dynasty of korea.
  • 37 BCE

    Goguryeo dynasty (korea)

    Goguryeo dynasty (korea)
    This dynasty ruled northern korea during the three kingdoms period.
  • 18 BCE

    Baekje dynasty (korea)

    Baekje dynasty (korea)
    This dynasty is known for its great power.
  • 221

    Han dynasty ending (china)

    Han dynasty ending (china)
  • 221

    Qin dynasty (china)

    Qin dynasty (china)
    This dynasty made the great wall and a large army of Terracotta warriors.
  • 581

    Sui dynasty (korea)

    Sui dynasty (korea)
    This dynasty is known for there stable economy.
  • 618

    Sui dynasty ending (korea)

    Sui dynasty ending (korea)
  • 618

    Tang dynasty (korea)

    Tang dynasty (korea)
    This dynasty was known for there peace and for that they were powerful.
  • 660

    Baekje dynasty ending (korea)

    Baekje dynasty ending (korea)
  • 668

    Goguryeo dynasty ending (korea)

    Goguryeo dynasty ending (korea)
  • 698

    Parhae dynasty (korea)

    Parhae dynasty (korea)
    This dynasty is known for being wealthy.
  • 710

    Nara and heien period (japan)

    Nara and heien period (japan)
    Large Buddhist monasteries were built in the new capital. The Heian period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, especially poetry and literature.
  • 907

    Tang dynasty ending (korea)

    Tang dynasty ending (korea)
  • 926

    Parhae dynasty ending (korea)

    Parhae dynasty ending (korea)
  • 935

    Silla dynasty ending (Korea)

    Silla dynasty ending (Korea)
  • 960

    Song dynasty (china)

    Song dynasty (china)
    This period was known for being during the golden age.
  • 1192

    Nara and heien periods ending (japan)

    Nara and heien periods ending (japan)
  • 1192

    Kamakura period (japan)

    Kamakura period (japan)
    In this time period they started the military.
  • 1279

    Shang dynasty ending (china)

    Shang dynasty ending (china)
  • 1333

    Kamakura period ending (japan)

    Kamakura period ending (japan)
  • 1338

    Muromachi period (japan)

    Muromachi period (japan)
    The muromachi period did really good art of all kinds, architecture, literature
  • 1573

    Muromachi period ending (japan)

    Muromachi period ending (japan)
  • 1573

    Azuchi–momoyama period (japan)

    Azuchi–momoyama period (japan)
    In Japanese history, age of political unification under the daimyo Oda Nobunaga and his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who finally brought all provinces under the control of the central government.
  • Azuchi–momoyama period ending (japan)

    Azuchi–momoyama period ending (japan)
  • Edo period (japan)

    Edo period (japan)
    Tokyo officially became the Japanese capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868, at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo.
  • Edo period ending (japan)

    Edo period ending (japan)
  • Meiji period (japan)

    Meiji period (japan)
    Also called the Meiji Emperor, he was the first ruler of Japan to wield actual political power in centuries
  • Meiji period ending (japan)

    Meiji period ending (japan)
  • Taisho and early Showa Period (japan)

    Taisho and early Showa Period (japan)
    In December 1941, Japan attacked the Allied powers at Pearl Harbor and several other points throughout the Pacific.
  • Taisho and early Showa Period ending (japan)

    Taisho and early Showa Period ending (japan)