Ancient China
Browse timelines in Ancient China.
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Anyang (Yin) archaeological excavations and major discoveries (1899–present)
1899 - 2025
Bronze casting and inscribed bronzes in the Western Zhou (c.1046–771 BCE)
1046 BCE - 771 BCE
Bronze casting technology and foundries in Shang China (c. 1600–1046 BCE)
1200 BCE - 2000
Bronze ritual vessels and styles in the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BCE)
1250 - 1999
Capital relocations of the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BCE)
1600 BCE - 1928
Collapse of the Shang and the Zhou conquest (c. 1075–1046 BCE)
1100 BCE - 1039 BCE
Confucius and the early Confucian movement (551–4th century BCE)
551 BCE - 100 BCE
Development of early Chinese script: oracle bones to bronze inscriptions (c. 1250–1046 BCE)
1300 BCE - 1993
Discovery and scholarly study of oracle bones (1899–present)
1899 - 2024
Duke of Zhou: regency, campaigns and institutional reforms (c.1042–1000 BCE)
1046 BCE - 1035 BCE
Eastern Zhou (771–256 BCE)
771 BCE - 249 BCE
Economic and agricultural change in Zhou states: iron, land use, and monetization (c.8th–3rd centuries BCE)
221 - 800
Enfeoffment and the feudal order of early Western Zhou (c.1046–900 BCE)
1046 BCE - 900 BCE
Evolution of writing: bronze inscriptions to early script in the Zhou Dynasty (c.11th–3rd centuries BCE)
1046 BCE - 300 BCE
Formation and early expansion of the Shang state (c. 1600–1300 BCE)
1630 BCE - 1300 BCE