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The Xia dynasty is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography
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They uncovered eleven major royal tombs and the foundations of palaces and ritual sites, containing weapons of war and remains from both animal and human sacrifices.
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The most influential minds in the Chinese intellectual tradition flourished under the Zhou
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it unified China, creating the first dynasty ruled by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang
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The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period. Spanning over four centuries, the Han period is considered a golden age in Chinese history
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The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties and reinstalled the rule of ethnic Chinese in the entirety of China proper, along with sinicization of former nomadic ethnic minorities within its territory.
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they made gunpowder.
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The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
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China's first foreign-led dynasty
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