2640 years ago. The cultivation and weaving of silk starts to be a closely guarded secret in China.
2297 – A flood devastates China during the reign of Emperor Yao
2452 – Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, a group of legendary rulers in Ancient China.
2190 – Shi Huang Ti, first ruler of unified China, begins construction of the Great Wall of China using prisoners of war as slave labor.
2037 —Emperor Shen Nong makes first tea drink by boiling fresh leaves
660 BC – Jimmu Tenno, grandson of the goddess Amaterasu, begins his rule as Emperor of Japan.
551-479 Confucius
506 BC: Battle of Bai ju: Forces of the Kingdom of Wu under Sun Tzu defeat the forces of Chu.
400 BC- Inventions, discoveries, introductions – Crossbow in Ancient China
293 The Chinese State of Qin reduced the threat of the State of Wei and the State of Han with the Qin victory in the Battle of Yique.
260 BC: Battle of Changping between the State of Qin and the State of Zhao in China; a decisive Qin victory.
227 BC: The assassination against Ying Zheng, king of Qin State, by Jing Ke from Yan failed.
225 BC: The Chinese Qin State conquers Wei.
223 BC: The Chinese Qin State conquers Chu.
222 BC: The Chinese Qin State conquers Yan and Zhao.
221 BC: With the conquest of the State of Qi, Qin Shihuang unifies the whole of China into one empire that also included northern Vietnam, forming the Qin Dynasty.
214 Qin Shi Huang of the Chinese Qin Dynasty ordered construction of the Great Wall of China.
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