The document outlines major dynasties and periods in Chinese and Korean history from 1600 BCE to 1279 CE. It notes that the Shang Dynasty created elaborately decorated bronze vessels using piece-mold casting. Several dynasties like the Zhou, Qin, and Han extended Chinese territory and traded along the Silk Road, while the Tang Dynasty was a cosmopolitan golden age of painting and the Silla kingdom ruled Korea. The Song Dynasty was technologically advanced and known for landscape painting and tall wooden pagodas.

1. CHINA AND KOREA
Timeline

2. Shang Dynasty 1600-1050
B.C.E
 Bronze age
 Created elaborately decorated vessels using piece-mold casting
process

3. Zhou and Qin 1050-206 B.C.E
 Longest dynasty
 Bronze, lacquer, and jade work
 Terracotta army

4. Han &Period of Disunity 206 B.C.E-581
C.E
 Extended boundaries east and
west, traded indirectly with
Romans via the Silk Road
 Terracotta models of Han
dynasty houses
 Disunity caused by civil strife
 Appearance of the first images
of the Buddha
 Six canons of Chinese painting

5. Tang Dynasty 618-907 C.E
 Cosmopolitan
 Golden age of painting
 Silla kingdom for Korea

6. Song Dynasty 960-1279 C.E
 Capital at Lin’an was the most technologically advanced
at the time
 Landscape painting
 Tallest wooden building, Foguang Si Pagoda