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Chou dynasty is established and institutes feudalism
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Diamond Sutra, the first book with a printed date, is published
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Nomads from the north capture and plunder Hao, the Chou dynasty capital, and local warlords battle one another
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Birth of Tu Fu; Du Fu was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. Along with Li Bai, he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese poets.
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Birth of Li Po; Li Bai, also known as Li Bo or Li Taibai, was a Chinese poet acclaimed from his own day to the present as a genius and a romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights
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Birth of Wang wei, painter and poet
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The Chinese begin to cast iron
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Warring States period begins
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Birth of T'ao Ch'ien, important early lyric poet
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Shih Huang Ti becomes first emperor of China
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First Great Wall is begun
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Silk routes opened up for trade during the Han dynasty
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Pan Chao- a scholarly widow, sister of Pan Ku and imperial historian after his death-writes Lessons for Women
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The first Chinese dictionary is compiled
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Pan Ku writes History of the Former Han dynasty
