Location:
China
Coordinates:
34.2667, 108.9000
Events at Xi'an (Chang'an) (6)
210 BC
ID: 4703
Death of Qin Shi Huang - buried with 8000 terracotta warriors near Xi'an
ID: 4703
206 BC
ID: 4704
Liu Bang founds Han Dynasty - establishes 400-year dynasty, makes Confucianism state ideology
ID: 4704
139 BC
ID: 4705
Zhang Qian opens Silk Road - Emperor Wu sends envoy west, establishes trade routes
ID: 4705
589
ID: 4708
Sui Dynasty reunifies China - ends 400 years of division since Han fall
ID: 4708
618
ID: 4709
Tang Dynasty founded - begins China's golden age of poetry, art, Buddhism
ID: 4709
649
ID: 4710
Emperor Taizong dies - Tang Empire at peak, stretching from Korea to Central Asia
ID: 4710