Timeline of Chinese history from the Three Kingdoms Period through the religious ferment of the seventh century A.D.
221-280 A.D. Three Kingdoms Period
265-318 Western Jin Dynasty
317-420 Eastern Jin Dynasty
4th Century Taklamakan Desert advances into settled areas
386-581 Northern and Southern Dynasties
581-617 Sui Dynasty
589(?) Invention of toilet paper
625-645 Buddhist monk Xuanzang travels to India