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Zhou Dynasty

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Western Zhou (c.1046–771 BCE)

95701 BCE - 770 BCE

Warring States within the Eastern Zhou (475–256 BCE)

475 BCE - 221 BCE

Spring and Autumn Period within the Eastern Zhou (771–476 BCE)

771 BCE - 473 BCE

Shang Yang's reforms and the legal-administrative transformation of Qin (c.359–338 BCE)

3380 - 3610

Sack of Haojing and the Move to Luoyang (events of 771 BCE and aftermath)

779 BCE - 750 BCE

Rise of the State of Qin during the late Zhou (4th–3rd centuries BCE)

221 - 361

Mozi and the Mohist movement in the Eastern Zhou (c.470–4th century BCE)

475 BCE - 100 BCE

Legalist thought and its development across the Warring States (c.5th–3rd centuries BCE)

475 BCE - 207 BCE

Hegemony of Duke Huan of Qi and the interstate order (c.685–643 BCE)

685 BCE - 643 BCE

Evolution of writing: bronze inscriptions to early script in the Zhou Dynasty (c.11th–3rd centuries BCE)

1046 BCE - 300 BCE

Enfeoffment and the feudal order of early Western Zhou (c.1046–900 BCE)

1046 BCE - 900 BCE

Economic and agricultural change in Zhou states: iron, land use, and monetization (c.8th–3rd centuries BCE)

221 - 800

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