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1600 BCE
King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies, ending the dynasty
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Period: 206 BCE to 220
Han Dynasty
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Period: 23 BCE to 6
Reign of Emperor Wang Mang
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5 BCE
Invention of paper
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Period: 141 to 87
Reign of Wudi
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Period: 202 to 195
Reign of Liu Bang
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Period: 210 to 209 BCE
The Terracotta Army is buried
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Period: 210 to 209
The Terracotta Army is buried
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Period: 221 to 206
Qin Dynasty
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Period: 481 to 403
Warring States Period
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544
Sun Tzu, the author of the Art of War is born
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Period: 770 to 481
Life of Confucius
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1046
Zhou Dynasty begins in China
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1066
The crossbow is used for the first time in battle
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Period: 1250 to 1192 BCE
Reign of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty
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Period: to 1046
Shang Dynasty