This document provides a timeline and overview of important historical periods, dynasties, and cultures in East Asia from 5000 BC to 1400 AD. It highlights the Yangshao culture from 5000-1500 BC, the Shang Dynasty from 1600-1050 BC, the Zhou Dynasty from 1050-256 BC, the Qin Dynasty from 221-206 BC, the Han Dynasty from 206 BC-220 AD, the Three Kingdoms period in Korea from 57 BC-688 AD, the Tang Dynasty in China from 618-907 AD, the Song Dynasty from 960-1279 AD, and the Koryo Dynasty in Korea from 918-1392 AD. Key artistic and architectural works are shown from each period

1. Candy Tsai

2. Yanshao
culture
50001500B.C. Shang Dynasty
1600- 1050 B.C.
1500B.C
1200B.C.
Qin Dynasty
221- 206 B.C.
Zhou Dynasty 1050- 256 B.C.
Han Dynasty
206-220 A.D.
1000B.C.
750B.C.
500B.C.
250B.C.
0 B.C.
Mesopotamian 3500- 539 B.C.
Egyptian 3100- 30 B.C.
Greek and Hellenistic 850- 31 B.C.
Roman 500 B.C.- 476 A.D.

3. Three Kingdoms Period
57 B.C.- 688 A.D.
Period of Disunity
220- 581 A.D.
250 A.D.
500 A.D.
Unified Silla Kingdom
688- 935 A.D.
Koryo Dynasty
918- 1392 A.D.
Tang Dynasty
618- 907 A.D.
Song Dynasty
960- 1279 A.D.
750 A.D.
1000 A.D.
1250 B.C.
Roman 500 B.C.- 476 A.D.
Byzantine and Islamic 476- 1453 A.D.
Middle Ages 500- 1400 A.D.

4. Yangshao Pottery
仰韶文化
5000–1500 B.C.
2600b.c.

5. Shang Dynasty
商朝
ca. 1600–1050 BCE
First dynasty of the
Bronze Age
Guang , bronze
1345 b.c.

6. Standing Male Figure
ca. 1200–1050 bce.
Bronze, 8 5 high

7. Zhou Dynasty
周朝
(ca. 1050–256 BCE )
Bi ( 璧 ) disk
530 b.c.

8. Qin Dynasty秦朝
221- 206 B.C.
230-220 b.c.
Qin Shi Huandi 秦始皇
Terra Cotta Army 兵馬俑

9. Han Dynasty
漢朝
206 B.C.-220 A.D.
Iindirectly traded with Rome
Funeral banner,
tomb of Marquise of Dai
9 b.c.

10. Wu Family Shrines
147–168 ce.

11. Model of a Hang House

12. Period of Disunity
戰國時代
220 - 581 A.D.
Shakyamuni Buddha
546 a.d.

13. Lady Feng and the Bear
Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之

14. Meeting of Two Budhhas
gilded bronze

15. Tang Dynasty
唐朝
618–907 A.D.
Capitol: Chang’an 長安
Longmen Caves
龍門窟
Location: Luoyang 洛陽

16. Dunhuang Grottoes
( Mogao Grottoes)
敦煌石窟
Paradise of Amithaba

17. Foguang Si( Buddha Radiance Temple)
691 a.d.

18. Emperor Xuan and Attendants
Yan Liben
閻立本

19. Tomb of Princess Yongtai

20. Tang
Ceramic
Sculpture
Neighing
Horse

21. Song Dynasty
宋朝
960-1279 B.C.
Fan Kuan
范寬
Travelers
among Mountains and
Streams

22. Huizong 徽宗
Auspicious Cranes
1110 a.d.

23. Cizhou Pottery
磁州窯
Meiping vase

24. Foguang Si Pagoda
佛光寺
1250 b.c.

25. Ma Yuan 馬遠
On a Mountain Path in Spring

26. Liang Kai 梁楷
Sixth Chan Patriarch Chopping Bamboo

27. Zhou Jichang
周季常
Lohans Giving Alms to Beggars

28. Korea
Three Kingdoms Period
ca. 57 BCE –688 CE
Silla Crown
270 b.c.

29. Unified Silla Kingdom
688–935 A.D.
Buddhist Sokkuram
825 a.d.

30. Koryo Dynasty
918- 1392 A.D.
Maebyong vase
Celadon Wares
1308 a.d.