East and Southeast Asia

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
05/18/200	China's First Emperor	Durning the 200BC China's first empoeror conquered much of eastern China
05/23/202	Han dynasty	During The Han dynasty (202BC-220AD) China's military power grew stronger, and Chinese culture spread into southern China.
05/23/500	Taoism	Taoism originated in China 500s BC
05/23/618	Unity	After the deline of the Han dynasty, several warloads divided and ruled China. Unity was not restored until about 618AD
05/23/1279	Mongol invaders	Mongol invaders led by Genghis Khan overthrew the Sung dynasty in the 1200s and ruled all of China by 1279
05/23/1557	Trading colony	The first that arrived at China were the Portuguese, who set up a trading colony at Macao in 1557
05/18/1700	Water Buffalo	Durning the Shang period (1700s to 1100s BC) the water buffalo was tamed and irigation systems were dug.
05/23/1800	China lost the wars	Over the course of the 1800s, China lost several wars and failed to keep out the European powers, Japan, and the United States
05/23/1912	Republic of China	Rebels under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last Chinese dynasty and in 1912 formed the Republic of China
05/23/1930	Japan	Taking advantage of a weak and divided China, Japan took over Manchuria in the early 1930s
05/23/1937	Japan invasion	in 1937 Japan invaded eastern China
05/23/1949	The Communists	The Communists won and set up the People's Republic of China under Mao Zedong in 1949
05/23/1976	Deng Xiaoping	After Mao's death in 1976, Deng Xiaoping came to power.
05/23/1989	End Pro-democarcy	The government continues to defend actions it took in 1989 to end pro-democarcy demonstartions in Bejing.
05/18/3000	Living At The Farms	In the 3000s BC and organzied soiety lived in small farming village along the Huang River.
05/18/6000	Farming	As early as 6000BC people began farming along the Chang River