548 



ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1938 



EGYPT 





NARMER 

 (MENES) 



PYRAMIDS 



MEDITERRANEAN 

 LANDS AND 

 NEAR EAST 



3000 



SARGON OF AKKAD 



DYN. XII 2000 



DYN. XVIII 



CHINA 



1000 



IRON COMMON 



£g 



B.C. 

 A. D. 



ROME 



A. U. C. 753 



ALEXANDER 



CARTHAGE DESTROYED 



mi 



HAGIA SOPHIA 

 < DEDICATED, 538 



„HEJIRA, 622 



YANG SHAO 



(CHALCOLITHIC CIVILIZATION) 



HSIA STATE 



(FAINTLY HISTORICAL) 



SHANG-YIN DYNASTY 



CHOU DYNASTY 

 (FEUDAL AGE) 



AUTHENTIC HISTORY BEGINS 



CONFUCIUS 



CH'IN DYNASTY, 221 

 HAN DYNASTY BEGINS, 206 

 FIRST HISTORIC CONTACT WITH 

 WEST, C. 130 



IRON COMMON 



HAN DYNASTY ENDS, 220 



PERIOD OF FIGHTING, PARTI- 

 TION AND PARTIAL NOMAD 

 CONQUEST UNDER NINE 

 SHORT DYNASTIES, LASTING 

 400 YEARS 



T'ANG DYNASTY, 618 



SUNG DYNASTY, 960 



1000 



Fiquee 1.— Time chart. 



