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Early Chinese settlers build small villages and farm along the major rivers including the Yellow River and the Yangtze River
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The Xin Dynasty overthrows the Han Dynasty for a short period of time
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Shang Dynasty
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he Chinese learn how to make bronze. The Xia Dynasty becomes the first dynasty in China.
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Rule of the legendary Yellow Emperor. His wife Leizu invented the process of making silk cloth.
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Zhou Dynasty
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Philosopher and thinker Confucius is born
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End of the Western Zhou and beginning of the Eastern Zhou. The Spring and Autumn period begins.