1

(Xia
Dynasties)

(Shang
Dynasties)

Chauvet Cave. southern France

Lascaux. southwestern France


600,000 3,400

Lantian
Man

Kong wang 50 .
(Si-ngan) (Shaanxi)


Homo erectus

Zhoukoudian Entrance

Myanmar, Chin Hills

Neolithic
Period

Neolithic
Xi'an Museum of Banpo Site
56006700years ago

Mediterranean Amphoras, age 2,500 3,000

Pottery Eagle-shaped Zun Vessel (c.5000-3000BC),

Yangshao culture
(5000-2000BC),
the Miaodigou II
period, that
existed along the
central Yellow
River valley in the

Long-Shan culture


31 .

Longshan Period, the late period of the

Yangshao
Culture

Long-Shan
culture

31
.

Xia Dynasty
2205-1766 B.C. or 1994-1523 B.C.

Xia Dynasty

()

Stone qing Percussion instrument of Xia,

Unearthed at Dongxiafeng,
Xia County, Shanxi Province

Shang Dynasty
1766-1122 B.C or 1523-1027 B.C.

Shang Dynasty
,

(Oracle bones)
1920

30 7

Shang Dynasty Events

c Events

60

The Zhou Dynasty

(1121 to 221 B.C.)

Zhou Dynasty
2
:

()

1066 - 771 B.C.

()
2

The Spring and Autumn / (771-476 B.C)

The Warring States/ (475-221B.C)

Bronze ritual bell,

Western Zhou Dynas
10th or 9th century B

Bronze plate with inscription (Shi Qiang Pan/

) Zhuangbai Hoard Shaanxi Province
Middle Western Zhou Dynasty 11-8th c. BCE

Excavated in
Xujialing,
Xichuan county,
Henan Province,
in 1990
Chu State,
Eastern Zhou,
Spring and
Autumn period,
770 476 BCE
Bronze inlaid
with malachite
height 48 cm

Bell, Eastern
Zhou dynasty, late
Spring and
Autumn period
(770ca. 475
B.C.), early 5th
century B.C.
China
Bronze; H. 15 in.
(38.1 cm)

tomb from the Warring States Period (BC 475-221) was

discovered in Zhang Jiachuan Hui Autonomous County
in Gansu Province in northwest China.

3rd century B.C.E.

Eastern Zhou dynast
China from the
Warring States period
It was likely made in
Hunan or Hebei
province.

Bronze inlaid with silve

Dragon
3rd century B.C.
Warring-States
period, 480-221
B.C.
The Indianapolis
Museum of Art

Jade
Zhou dynasty,
Warring States period,
475-221 BC

Gold Griffin Bracelet, 5th-4th. c BCE, Oxus Treasure, British

Museum

A winged Lion (or griffin) as

depicted in Achaemenid arts

Persia,
Achaemenid
dynasty

Silk: embroidered
silk with dragon,
phoenix, and tiger
pattern
from Mashan Tomb
No. 1, 4th3rd
centurybce, Zhou
dynasty; in the
Jingzhou Museum,
Hubei province,
China.

Two-wing holy beast inlaid with gold and silver Warring States
Period Bronze cast Height: 24cm Length: 40cm