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7000 BCE
Evidence of simple farming
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Period: 2205 BCE to 1766 BCE
Start of the Xia Dynasty
A time of transition from the stone-age to the bronze-age -
Period: 1766 BCE to 1122 BCE
Start of the Shang Dynasty
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Period: 1122 BCE to 222 BCE
Start of the Zhou dynasty
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563 BCE
Birth of Buddha
In this year Siddhartha Gautama was born -
Period: 221 BCE to 9
Start of the Western Han Dynasty
The development of paper and porcelain and trade was established on Silk Road -
Period: 9 to 25
Start of the Xin Dynasty
The Xin Dynasty was a brief period under the reformer Wang Mang -
220
Separation Of the Han Dynasty into 3 separate kingdoms
Han Empire divided into three separate kingdoms, and then into dynasties ruling the north and the south -
220
Construction of the Great Wall begins
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Period: 220 to 500
Start of the Eastern Han Dynasty
the Han were restored and remained in power until increasing corruption led to their collapse -
Period: 221 to 206
Start of the Qin dynasty
Qin Shi Huang Di began his rule as emperor of China. He was the first emperor -
481
Start of the Warring States Period
This took place during the Zhou Dynasty -
551
Birth of Confucius
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Period: 589 to 618
Start of the Sui Dynasty
Re-establishment of Imperial rule over all of China -
Period: 618 to 960
Start of the Tang Dynasty
Growth of cities and trade, Buddhism became an important religion -
Period: 960 to 1279
Start of the Song dynasty
Start of the Song Dynasty re-unifies China after a period of rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty -
Period: 1279 to 1368
Start of the Start of the Yuan Dynasty
Start of the Start of the Yuan Dynasty, after the Song Dynasty is overthrown by Kublai Khan, the leader of the Mongols -
Period: 1368 to
Start of the Ming Dynasty
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Period: to
Start of the Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was China’s last Imperial dynasty under Manchu rule, which ended in 1911