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2200 BCE
Xia Start (China)
The Xia dynasty is known to be the first to irrigate, produce cast bronze, and build a strong army. It used oracle bones and had a calendar. Xi Zhong is credited in legend with inventing a wheeled vehicle. He used a compass, square, and rule. -
1766 BCE
Xia End (China)
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1700 BCE
Shang Start (China)
The Shang Dynasty is known for it advanced technology and sophisticated craftsmanship. Despite these innovations, the Shang Dynasty should best be remembered for introducing writing systems to China. Earliest Chinese writing on the archaeological record is found on tortoise shells. -
1080 BCE
Shang End (China)
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1045 BCE
Zhou Dynasty Start (China
The Zhou Dyansty was said to that his sayings and teachings impacted the culture and government throughout the rest of the history of Ancient China. -
221 BCE
Zhou Dynasty End (China)
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221 BCE
Qin Dynasty Start (China)
The main achievement of the Qin is the fact that it unified China, creating the first dynasty ruled by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang. Other well-known achievements is the creation of the Great Wall and a large army of Terracotta Warriors. -
206 BCE
Han Dynasty Start (China)
The Han dynasty developed civil service and government structure; scientific advancements such as the invention of paper, use of water clocks and sundials to measure time, and development of a seismograph -
206 BCE
Qin Dynasty End (China)
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57 BCE
Sila Dynasty Start (Korea)
Sila kingdom is best seen in the magnificent gold crowns which are among the most prized art objects produced in ancient South-East Asia. -
37 BCE
Goguryeo Dynasty Start (Korea)
At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled most of the Korean peninsula, large parts of Manchuria and parts of the Russian Far East and eastern Mongolia. Along with Baekje and Silla, Goguryeo was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. -
18 BCE
Baekje Dynasty Start (Korea)
Barkje was one of the Three Kingdoms which ruled over ancient Korea from the 1st century BCE to the 7th century CE. ... The Baekje kingdom was noted for its high culture, many aspects of which it exported to its ally Japan -
3 BCE
Goguryeo Dynasty End (Korea)
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221
Han Dynasty End (China)
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475
Baekje Dynasty End (Korea)
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581
Sui Dynasty Start (China)
The Sui Dynasty is most famous for unifying China under one rule after the Period of Disunion. -
Jan 1, 618
Sui Dynasty End (China)
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Jan 1, 618
Tang Dynasty Start (China)
During the Tang rule China experienced a time of peace and prosperity that made it one of the most powerful nations in the world. This time period is sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Ancient China. -
Jan 1, 698
Parhae Dynasty Start (Korea)
Parhae Dynasty was an important regional power which interacted both peacefully and otherwise with its neighbors the Unified Silla Kingdom of Korea and Tang China. The latter was a strong cultural influence, and Japan, too, was a staunch ally -
Jan 1, 710
Nara and Heian Periods Start (Japan)
The monasteries quickly gained such strong political influence that, in order to protect the position of the emperor and central government, the capital was moved to Nagaoka in 784, and finally to Heian (Kyoto) in 794 where it would remain for over one thousand years. -
Jan 1, 907
Tang Dynasty End (China)
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Jan 1, 918
Goryeo Dynasty Start (China)
The Goryeo dynasty was a period of intense religious fervor To meet the standards demanded by their patrons, Goryeo artisans created exquisite celadons, elegant Buddhist paintings, and superb inlaid metal crafts as well as inlaid lacquer ware. -
Jan 1, 926
Parhae Dynasty End (Korea)
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Jan 1, 935
Sila Dynasty End (Korea)
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Jan 1, 960
Song Dynasty Start (China)
The Song Dynasty was known for its unique prosperous economy and radiant culture, this period was considered as another period of 'golden age' after the glorious Tang Dynasty -
Jan 1, 1192
Kamakura Periods Start (Japan)
Kamakura period, in Japanese history, the period from 1192 to 1333 during which the basis of feudalism was firmly established. It was named for the city where Minamoto Yoritomo set up the headquarters of his military government, commonly known as the Kamakura shogunate. -
Jan 1, 1192
Nara and Heian Periods End (Japan)
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Jan 1, 1279
Song Dynasty End (China)
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Jan 1, 1279
Yuan Dynasty Start (China)
Yuan Dynasty was known as China's first foreign-led dynasty, in between the Chinese Song and Ming dynasties. It was established by Kublai Khan, leader of the vast Mongol Empire, and fell into internal rebellion after it lost touch with its Mongol roots. -
Jan 1, 1333
Kamakura Periods End (Japan)
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1338
Muromachi Period Start (Japan)
Muromachi period, also called Ashikaga Period, in Japanese history, period of the Ashikaga Shogunate. It was named for a district in Kyōto, where the first Ashikaga shogun, Takauji, established his administrative headquarters. -
Jan 1, 1368
Yuan Dynasty End (China)
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Jan 1, 1368
Ming Dynasty Start (China)
The Ming Dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644 A.D., during which China's population would double. Known for its trade expansion to the outside world that established cultural ties with the West, the Ming Dynasty is also remembered for its drama, literature and world-renowned porcelain. -
Jan 1, 1392
Joseon Dynasty Start (Korea)
Joseon was the last dynasty of Korea and its longest-ruling Confucian dynasty. During its reign, Joseon encouraged the entrenchment of Chinese Confucian ideals and doctrines in Korean society. Neo-Confucianism was installed as the new dynasty's state ideology. -
Jan 1, 1573
Muromachi Period End (Japan)
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Jan 1, 1573
Azuchi-Momoyama Period Start (Japan)
Azuchi-Momoyama period, also called Momoyama Period, (1574–1600), 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 End (Japan)
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Edo Period Start (Japan)
Tokugawa period, also called Edo period, (1603–1867), the final period of traditional Japan, a time of internal peace, political stability, and economic growth under the shogunate (military dictatorship) founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu. -
Ming Dynasty End (China)
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Qing Dynasty Start (China)
The Qing Dynasty was the final imperial dynasty in China, lasting from 1644 to 1912. It was an era noted for its initial prosperity and tumultuous final years, and for being only the second time that China was not ruled by the Han people -
Edo Period End (Japan)
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Meji Period Start (Japan)
Meiji, in full Meiji Tennō, personal name Mutsuhito, (born Nov. 3, 1852, Kyōto—died July 30, 1912, Tokyo), emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912, during whose reign Japan was dramatically transformed from a feudal country into one of the great powers of the modern world. -
Joseon Dynasty End (Korea)
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Qing Dynasty End (China)
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Meji Period End (Japan)
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Taisho and Early Showa Period Start (Japan)
Pro-labor laws were passed and generally the rights of workers improved until the military crackdown in the 1930's. ... The Taisho era was a period of feminist awakening with pressure from women for greater liberation and access to birth control. -
Taisho and Early Showa Period End (Japan)
