CE Asian History

CE East Asian History

105 Cai Lun of China invents paper
125Zhang Heng of China invents the world’s first water-powered armillary sphere
132:Zhang Heng of China invents first seismometer to detect the cardinal direction
of earthquakes
200 Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- The South Pointing Chariot invented by Ma Jun, a wheeled mechanical device that acts as a directional compass
- An early type of hot air balloon used for military signalling was invented by Zhuge Liang.
- The repeating crossbow an improved version of a model that first appeared during the Warring States Period
- Zhuge Liang invented a primitive land mine type device.
208: the Chinese naval Battle of Red Cliffs occurs.
220: The Han Dynasty comes to an end with establishment of the Three Kingdoms in ancient China.
265: The Jin Dynasty reunites China under one empire after the conquest of Eastern Wu.
650,The first Chinese Paper money is issued.
800 Gunpowder in China: Gunpowder was, according to prevailing academic consensus, discovered by Chinese alchemists searching for an elixir of immortality.

370 Huns invade Eastern Europe

200 – A primitive form of eyeglasses were developed for a nearsighted princess in Syria.
522: Byzantines obtain silkworm eggs and begin silkworm cultivation
529—534 Justinian I publishes the Code of Civil Law. This compiled centuries of legal writings and imperial pronouncements into three parts of one body of law.
541-542: First pandemic of Bubonic Plague (Plague of Justinian) hits Constantinople and the rest of Byzantine Empire.