Comparative TimelineThis timeline will help your students place the objects in this kit into the larger context of important events in world history. |
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| World History Events | Works of Art in Learning from Asian Art: China |
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c. 2575–2130 BCE The Old Kingdom, best known for the pyramids of Giza and Saqqarah, is one of the most innovative periods in Egyptian culture |
Neolithic Period 10,000–c. 2100 BCE Banshan Jar (c. 2600–2300 BCE) |
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800 On Christmas Day, Charlemagne is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire |
Tang Dynasty 618–907 Tomb Figure of a Bactrian Camel (618–907) |
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1271 Marco Polo, his father, and his uncle journey to India and East Asia |
Yuan Dynasty 1271–1368 Guanyin (1271–1368) |
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1400 Geoffrey Chaucer dies, leaving The Canterbury Tales, one of the great works of English literature, incomplete |
Ming Dynasty 1368–1644 Bowl (early 15th century) |
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1503–10 Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci paints The Mona Lisa and designs the horizontal waterwheel |
Shen Zhou’s Landscape (c. 1500) |
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1648 India’s Taj Mahal is completed by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan |
Reception Hall from the Palace of Duke Zhao (first half of the 17th century) |
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1683 The imperial kilns are rebuilt at Jingdezhen, China, leading to a renaissance in the production of high-quality porcelains |
Qing Dynasty 1644–1911 Seated Lady Holding a Fan (late 17th to early 18th century) |
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1784 Benjamin Franklin invents bifocals |
Dog Cage (Qianlong Period, 1736–1795) Moon Crystal (Qianlong Period, 1736–1795) |
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1861–65 American Civil War 1874 Claude Monet and other Impressionist painters hold their first public exhibition |
Daoist Priest’s Robe (c. 1850–1900) |
