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1600 BCE
king jie of the xia dynasty dies ending the dynasty
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1192 BCE
reign of emperor wu ding of the shang dynasty
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1122 BCE
shang dynasty
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772 BCE
Zhou dynasty
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481 BCE
life of confucius
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476 BCE
warring states period
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476 BCE
sun tzu the author of the art of war is born
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220 BCE
Han dynasty
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220 BCE
Invention of paper
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210 BCE
the terracottra army is burried
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207 BCE
Qin dynasty
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195 BCE
Reign of Lui bang
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87 BCE
Reign of wudi
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23 BCE
Reign of emperor wang mang
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4 BCE
the crossbow used for the first time