ancient chinese dynastys

  • 1600 BCE

    the shang dynasty rise

    the shang dynasty rise
    from 1600 to 1046 it started as a tribe that eventually overthrew the dynasty that was ruling at the time. its founder was chang tang
  • 1500 BCE

    oracal bones

    oracal bones
    the shang dynasty was the first dynasty to record history. they did this with oraclel bones. they were usually turtle shells that they would carve stuff into
  • 1046 BCE

    the fall of the shang dynasty

    in 1046 there was a huge battle/war that was between the shang dynasty and the zhou dynasty. the shang dynasty lost and the zhou became the new rulers.
  • 1046 BCE

    the rise of the zhou dynasty

    the rise of the zhou dynasty
    the defeated the shang dynasty in a war and became the new rulers. it was founded by
  • 945 BCE

    compass

    compass
    the compass was one of the inventions from the zhou dynasty. that is still used a lot today. it is used for knowing were north, south, east and west.
  • 256 BCE

    the fall of the zhou dynasty

    the zhou dynasty fell apart due to too strict laws and harh punishments
  • 221 BCE

    the rise of the qin empire

    the rise of the qin empire
    they easliy took over after the zhou dynasty stared falling apart. its founder was qin shi huang
  • 220 BCE

    the fall of the han dynasty

    the fall of the han dynasty
    the han dynasty formally ended when the current ruler emperor xian retired.
  • 207 BCE

    the fall of the qin dynasty

    the people started rebelling against the dynasty for independence.
  • 206 BCE

    the rise of the han dynasty

    it started as a small revolt against the qin dynasty and turned into the han dynasty. its founder was
  • 206 BCE

    the rise of the han dynasty

    the rise of the han dynasty
    the rule was liu bang. it rose to power by being a rebellion and over throwing the dynasty at the time
  • 205 BCE

    the great wall of china

    the great wall of china
    the great wall of china is a huge series of wall that stretch around china and is still there today
  • 205 BCE

    the wheel barrow

    the wheel barrow
    the han dynasty invented the wheel barrow witch helped them carry /transport something heavy or a large amount of something.