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1600 BCE
King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies, ending the dynasty
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Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE
Shang Dynasty
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Period: 1324 BCE to 1266 BCE
Reign of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty
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1046 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
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610 BCE
Invention of paper
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Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE
Life of Confucius
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Period: 544 BCE to 496 BCE
Sun Tzu, the author of Art Of War is born
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476 BCE
Warring States Period
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256 BCE
Reign of Liu Bang
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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin dynasty
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Period: 210 BCE to 209 BCE
The Terracotta army is buried
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Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE
Han Dynasty
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Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE
Reign of Wudi
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Period: 33 BCE to 23 BCE
Reign of Emperor Wang Mang
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1066
The crossbow is used for the first time in battle