During the Qin Dynasty ( 221 – 206 BC ), the region came under the jurisdiction of Panyu County, Nanhai Prefecture of the province of Guangdong.

During its reign over China, the Qin Dynasty achieved increased trade, improved agriculture, and military security.

During the rule of King Xiao of Zhou, the eighth king of the Zhou Dynasty, this area became known as the state of Qin.

During the Warring States Period preceding the Qin Dynasty, the major states vying for dominance were Yan, Zhao, Qi, Chu, Han, Wei and Qin.

During the Qin Dynasty ( 221 to 206 BC ), the Chinese army, under the command of General Meng Tian, drove the Xiongnu tribes away and recaptured the Ordos region.

During the invasion of northern nomads during the Sixteen Kingdoms period ( 304-439 ), several regimes including Later Zhao, Former Yan, Former Qin, and Later Yan continuously controlled what is now Shanxi.

During the Warring States Period ( 475 BC-221 BC ) Chu became the major adversary of the upstart state of Qin to the northwest ( in what is now Shaanxi province ), which began to assert itself by outward expansionism.

During China's Qin Dynasty, records have shown that officials took hand prints, foot prints as well as finger prints as evidence from a crime scene.

To round out this re-evaluation, a new interpretation of the precipitous collapse of the Qin Dynasty was put forward in an article entitled " On the Class Struggle During the Period Between Qin and Han " by Luo Siding, in a 1974 issue of Red Flag, to replace the old explanation.

During the Sixteen Kingdoms ( 304-439 ) period, the Xianbei founded six kingdoms in China proper, including the Former Yan ( 281-370 ), Western Yan ( 384-394 ), Later Yan ( 384-407 ), Southern Yan ( 398-410 ), Western Qin ( 385-430 ) and Southern Liang ( 397-414 ).

During the greater part of China's first great period of unification, begun with the short-lived Qin Dynasty ( 221 BCE-206 BCE ) and followed by the centuries-long Han Dynasty ( 206 BCE-220 CE ), the shi form of poetry underwent little innovation.

During the early Warring States period Qin generally avoided conflicts with the other states.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, Qin soldiers were prone to collect their enemies ' heads.

During the Spring and Autumn Period ( 771 – 406 BCE ), the largest and most powerful of the Zhou Dynasty vassal states including the states of Qin, Jin and Wei began to absorb their smaller neighbours.

During the Qin Dynasty, Yantai belonged to the Qi Prefecture, later renamed Donglai Prefecture ( 東萊郡 ) during the Han Dynasty.

During her regency, therefore, the people of the empire enjoyed a measure of rest from the turmoils of the fall of the Qin Dynasty and the wars of the Chu – Han Contention.

During the Qin Dynasty, Jiaodi Drama was popular with the common people and it consisted of a variety of acts such as ; wrestling, musical performances, dance, martial arts, horsemanship, and juggling.

During the late years of the era, in an attempt to drain Qin's resources with an expensive construction project, the state of Han sent the civil engineer Zheng Guo to Qin to persuade them into building a canal.

During the Sixteen Kingdoms ( 304-439 ) period, the Xianbei founded six kingdoms, including the Former Yan ( 281-370 ), Western Yan ( 384-394 ), Later Yan ( 383-407 ), Southern Yan ( 398-410 ), Western Qin ( 385-430 ) and Southern Liang ( 397-414 ).

During Qin Shi Huang's reign, the threat of the Xiongnu in the north was already present.

During the Warring States Period ( 475-221 BC ), Yan was one of the last states to be conquered by the armies of Qin Shihuang: Yan fell in 222 BC, immediately before the founding of the Qin dynasty ( 221-207 BC ).

In the famous long scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival painted by Zhang Zeduan ( 1085 – 1145 AD ) during the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1297 AD ), a suanpan is clearly seen lying beside an account book and doctor's prescriptions on the counter of an apothecary's ( Feibao ).

During the Warring States Period and the early Han Dynasty, China grew greatly and the need arose for a solid and centralized cadre of government officers able to read and write administrative papers.

During the Han Dynasty, Confucianism developed from an ethical system into a political ideology used to legitimize the rule of the political elites.

During the Qing Dynasty many philosophers objected against Neo-Confucianism and there was a return to the Han Dynasty Confucianism, and also the reprise of the controversy between Old Text and New Text.

During the Song Dynasty, the scholar Zhu Xi ( AD 1130 – 1200 ) added ideas from Daoism and Buddhism into Confucianism.

During the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yongle bestowed the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma, the first of the three Princes of Dharma, upon the Black-Hat Karmapa.

During the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 ), the Chinese used a silver canister where written lots could be drawn that designated which player had to drink and specifically how much ; for example, from 1, 5, 7, or 10 measures of drink that the youngest player, or the last player to join the game, or the most talkative player, or the host, or the player with the greatest alcohol tolerance, etc.

During the Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ) between the 7th and 9th century AD, wood blocks were cut to print on textiles and later to reproduce Buddhist texts.

During the social and cultural climate of the ancient Eastern Jin Dynasty ( 316-420 AD ) based at Nanjing in the south, painting became one of the official pastimes of Confucian-taught bureaucratic officials and aristocrats ( along with music played by the guqin zither, writing fanciful calligraphy, and writing and reciting of poetry ).

During the Chinese Song Dynasty ( 960-1279 AD ), not only landscape art was improved upon, but portrait painting became more standardized and sophisticated than before ( for example, refer to Emperor Huizong of Song ), and reached its classical age maturity during the Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644 AD ).

During the late 13th century and first half of the 14th century, Chinese under the Mongol-controlled Yuan Dynasty were not allowed to enter higher posts of government ( reserved for Mongols or other ethnic groups from Central Asia ), and the Imperial examination was ceased for the time being.

During the Ming Dynasty there were also different and rivaling schools of art associated with painting, such as the Wu School and the Zhe School.

During the early 16th century, the Sayfawa Dynasty solidified its hold on the Bornu population after much rebellion.

During the Tang Dynasty, Wang Bing claimed to have located a copy of the originals of the Suwen, which he expanded and edited substantially.

During the Tang Dynasty a small parrot ventures out to search for its mother's favourite food upon which it is captured by a poacher ( parrots were quite popular during the Tang Dynasty ).

During the reign of the Kalhora Dynasty, the present city started life as a fishing settlement when a Sindhi Balochi fisher-woman called Mai Kolachi took up residence and started a family.

* 762 – During An Shi Rebellion, Tang Dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptured Luoyang from the rebels.

During the Ming Dynasty ( 1368 – 1644 ), characters from popular novels such as the Water Margin were widely featured on the faces of playing cards.

Court painters made new versions of the Song Dynasty masterpiece, Zhang Zeduan's Along the River During the Qingming Festival whose depiction of a prosperous and happy realm demonstrated the beneficence of the emperor.

During the Ming Dynasty ( AD 1368 – 1644 ), the Chinese were very concerned with city planning in regards to gunpowder warfare.

During the 15th century, China's Ming Dynasty assembled one of the largest and most powerful naval fleet in the world for the diplomatic and power projection voyages of Zheng He.