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Invention of Paper. 100BCE
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Confucian spead into an academy. 124BCE
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Was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of China, ruling from 141-87 BCE
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Sima Qian was a Chinese historian of the Han dynasty. He is considered the father of Chinese historiography for his work, the Records of the Grand Historian 145-85BCE
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Today Zhang Qian's travels are associated with the major route of transcontinental trade, the Silk Road. In essence, his missions opened up to China the many kingdoms and products of a part of the world then unknown to the Chinese 150 BCE
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First emporor of Han Dynasty. 206-195BCE
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Poeple start to revolt against the emporor Qui Which brings down the Dynasty. 207BCE
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The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces. 207BCE
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Han Dynasty ends in 220CE.
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After the collapse of the Han in 220CE, Korea broke free of direct control, although it remained a vassall of the chinese. Some of the Chinese colonies stayed in place, but without the millitary there. 220CE
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The term "Three Kingdoms" itself is something of a mistranslation, since each state was eventually headed not by a king, but by an emperor who claimed legitimate succession from the Han dynasty. 220-280 CE
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Qui Shi Huangdi creates the Quin dynasty. 221-206 BCE
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The collapse of the Han dynasty was followed by nearly four centuries of rule by warlords. The age of civil wars and disunity began with the era of the Three Kingdoms (Wei, Shu, and Wu, which had overlapping reigns. 221-331CE
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First sighn of Daoism. 233BCE
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Leagalism comes into China. 233BCE
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Also known as Han Feizi, was a Chinese philosopher who, along with Li Si, Gongsun Yang, Shen Dao and Shen Buhai, developed the doctrine of Legalism. Unlike the other famed philosophers of the time, Han Fei was a member of the ruling aristocracy, having been born into the ruling family of the state of Han during the end phase of the Warring States period. 233BCE
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The Zhou Dynasaty lasted longer then any of the other Dynasties.
526BCE -
Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure known for his popular aphorisms and for his models of social interaction. 551-479 BCE
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Block painting and grand canal ( compleated 610).
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official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded the Xin Dynasty. 9-23 CE
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First Mention of Buddhism in the east. ( came from India.) 50CE
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The Han emporor Wu first conquored northern Korea along with Manchuris. Millitery established chinese control and influence.
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Also known as the Era of Warring States, is a period in ancient China following the Spring and Autumn period and concluding with the victory of the state of Qin in 221 BC, creating a unified China under the Qin Dynasty. 481-221 BCE
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The Sui dynasty was a short-lived Imperial Chinese dynasty. Preceded by the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it unified China for the first time after over a century of north-south division.
581-618CE
