India Settlements develope the Indus River Valley Harappan people trade with Mesopotamia Indus Valley civilization declines Aryans invade India Aryan priests prepare Rig-Veda Siddhartha Gautama introduces Buddhism The Mauryan Empire collapses Gupta Dynasty beg...

China Lung-Shan culture begins China founds the legendary Xia dynasty Tang establishes the Shang, the first historical Dynasty The Zhou dynasty comes power Confucius born Liu Bang founds the Han dynasy Explorer Zhang Qian returns from the west Han dynasty fall...