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210
burial of the terra
Emperor Qin Shi Huang's terracotta army guarding his burial site and protecting his entry to the afterlife from the earthen side of a continuing archeological project is certainly one of the most memorable parts of any trip to China. -
213
period of the book burning policy
a book -
215
connection of the barbbarian walls to create the great wall
walls -
221
quin
Qin Dynasty was the first unified, multi-national and power-centralized state in Chinese history -
246
first chinese emperpr
he was the first emeperor that was chinese! -
476
the warring states period
which followed the period known as Spring and Autumn (770-476 B.C.) during the Chou (Zhou) Dynasty -- ran from about 475-221 B.C. It was a period of violence and chaos during which the philosopher Sun-Tzu is said to have lived and culture to have flourished. -
551
birth of confucius
the father of Confucius was called Kung the Tall because he towered head and shoulders above everyone else in his village. Kung the Tall lived in China a very long time ago. Kung the Tall was living in China when Buddha was born in India. -
Jan 21, 770
eastern zhou
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Jan 19, 1000
the shi jing book of songs
s the earliest collection of Chinese poems including 305 poems of the Zhou Dynasty (1122-256 B.C.). -
Jan 21, 1100
western zhou
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Jan 19, 1200
Death of Lady hao
she died -
shang
is a flat ritual upturned handbell employed by Bönpo and Asian shamans. -
first use of the crossbow
A crossbow is a bow that shoots bolts. It is mounted on a stock with a mechanism to hold the bow in place when it is drawn until the shot is released when the trigger is pulled. Crossbows have been used since about 400 BC and have been used extensively in Asia, North Africa and Europe in warfare. -
the development of the wegi board game
The Ouija board - game, tool of the devil, instrument for divination? ... did all the development so Fuld and not Bond is known as the Father of the Ouija. -
spring and autum period
There was one young man of humble origin named Yan Hui who wanted to be accepted as Confucius's student. But the family was so poor that they even had difficulty providing themselves with daily necessaries. He was afraid he would be rejected as he could not afford the tuition required. -
xia
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completion of the erya
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Domestication of the buffalo
During the most recent ice age, from about 20,000 years ago, large mammals such as bison roam on the sub-arctic tundra of Europe and Asia. They are preyed upon by two groups of hunters, both much smaller and weaker than themselves - but both with a sufficiently developed social system to enable them to hunt and kill in packs. -
battle of banquan
was conducted in Maling, currently Dazhangjia Town (大張家鎮), Shen County (莘县), Henan Province, in 342 BC during the Warring States Period. The combatants were the state of Qi, who fought on behalf of state of Han, and the state of Wei -
date of the olddest silk found in china
A letter written about 2,000 years ago and never delivered has provided evidence of China's oldest post office at a historic site near the famous Dunhuang Mogao Grottos along the ancient Silk Road. The letter written on a piece of silk, 18 cm long and 8 cm wide, has been found in the Xuanquanzhi Ruins in northwest China's Gansu Province.
