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Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Building an Ideal World Together

3000 BCE

circa 2900 BCE

The birth of legendary Emperor Fu Xi, who invented the eight trigrams to show the law of nature. The trigram symbols were the origins of Chinese characters.

circa 2800 BCE

The birth of legendary Emperor Shennong, who invented knot-tying to govern his country.

circa 2650 BCE

The legendary Cang Jie created the earliest Chinese characters based on the tracks of birds and animals.

circa 2560 BC

The Great Pyramid of Giza is completed.

circa 1500–1000 BCE

The earliest form of Chinese writing called the oracle bone script is used during the Shang dynasty for divinations.

circa 1393–1273 BCE

Moses

circa 1066–256 BCE

The bronze script was widely used during the Zhou dynasty.

circa 27 BCE–476 CE

The period of the Roman Empire.

circa 571–531 BCE

Laozi, author of Dao De Jing.

circa 563–483 BCE

Sakyamuni Buddha

circa 551–479 BCE

Confucius

circa 470–399 BCE

Socrates

circa 372–289 BCE

Mencius

circa 370–287 BCE

Zhuangzi

221-206 BCE

Emperor Qin Shi Huang united China and commissioned Prime Minister Li Si to standardise the characters. A common formal writing script known as the small-seal script was developed. Amalgamated several smaller walls into the Great Wall of China.

221 BCE–220 CE

The clerical script developed in the Qin dynasty for government matters, which due to its efficiency, became commonly used during the Han dynasty.

206 BCE – 220 CE

Han dynasty: a Chinese cultural "golden age." The compass was invented and the Silk Road was took form.

circa 100 CE

Shuowen Jiezi, he first Chinese etymological dictionary, was compiled by Xu Shen of the Eastern Han dynasty.

105 CE

The invention of papermaking by Cai Lun

circa 5–4 BCE–28–29 CE

Jesus

circa 570–632

The Prophet Muhammad

618 - 907

Tang dynasty - a golden age of culture.

629

The Buddhist Great Master Xuanzang began his “journey to the west”, to India.

599 - 649

Emperor Taizong, considered one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history, commissioned the compilation of The Governing Principles of Ancient China (Qunshu Zhiyao).

1371 - 1433

Zheng He, Admiral and explorer

1492

Christopher Columbus made his first voyage.

1503-1506

LLeonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

1772

Emperor Qianlong commissioned the Complete Library of the Four Branches of Literature (Siku Quanshu), which took ten years to complete.

1914 - 1918

World War I

1939 - 1945

World War II

1969

Apollo 11 reaches the Moon.

2000 CE