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1600 BCE
King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies, ending the dynasty
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Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE
Shang Dynasty
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Period: 1250 BCE to 1192
Reign of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty
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1100 BCE
Zhou Dynasty begins in China
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Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE
Life of Confucius
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476 BCE
Warring States Period
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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin Dynasty
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210 BCE
The Terracotta Army is buried
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Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE
Han Dynasty
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Period: 206 BCE to 195 BCE
Reign of Liu Bang
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Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE
Reign of Wudi
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1 CE
the author of the Art of War is born
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Period: 9 to 23
Reign of Emperor Wang Mang
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105
Invention of paper
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1066
The crossbow is used for the first time in battle