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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