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  • Period: 8000 BCE to 2205 BCE

    Early Chinese

    Early Chinese settlers build small villages and farm along the major rivers including the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
  • 7600 BCE

    Pig domestication

    Pigs were first domesticated in China
  • 7500 BCE

    Rice domesticated

    Rice was first domesticated in China.
  • 5000 BCE

    trephination

    Evidence of the surgical procedure of trephination found in China.
  • 5000 BCE

    Terraced farming

    Villages arise in China around the Yellow river. Terraced farming begins and rice is cultivated.
  • Period: 5000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Yangshao Culture

    Yangshao Culture thrives in Yellow River Valley, China
  • 4800 BCE

    village of Banpo

    Neolithic village of Banpo in China built.
  • Period: 4500 BCE to 3000 BCE

    jade figurine

    The Hongshan culture in China produces a jade figurine which is the oldest known depiction of a dragon.
  • 3600 BCE

    silk

    First appearance of silk in China.
  • 2696 BCE

    Yellow Emperor

    Rule of the legendary Yellow Emperor. His wife Leizu invented the process of making silk cloth
  • Period: 2205 BCE to 1575 BCE

    Xia Dynasty

    Chinese learn how to make bronze. The Xia Dynasty becomes the first dynasty in China
  • 2200 BCE

    drainage system

    Great Flood: Yu the Great completed a drainage system. ended the periodic and destructive flooding of the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers.
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1045 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

    Shang Dynasty
  • Period: 1045 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty

    Zhou Dynasty
  • 771 BCE

    Eastern Zhou

    End of the Western Zhou and beginning of the Eastern Zhou. The Spring and Autumn period begins.
  • 551 BCE

    Confucius is born

    Philosopher and thinker Confucius is born.
  • 500 BCE

    Cast iron

    Cast iron is invented in China around this time. The iron plough was likely invented shortly after.
  • Period: 403 BCE to 221 BCE

    Warring States period

    403 - 221 BC: The Warring States period. During this time leaders from different areas were constantly fighting for control.
  • 221 BCE

    Great Wall of China

    Qin Shi Huangdi becomes the first Emperor of China. He has the Great Wall of China built by extending and connecting existing walls to protect the people from the Mongols
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

    Qin Dynasty
  • 220 BCE

    writing system

    The writing system of China becomes standardized by the government.
  • 210 BCE

    Terra Cotta Army

    The Terra Cotta Army is buried with Emperor Qin.
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    Han Dynasty

    Han Dynasty
  • 5 BCE

    Dead buried

    Dead buried with grave goods at Banpo Village, China.