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1788 BCE
Australia becomes a convict colony
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1768 BCE
Britain's Captain James Cook explores Pacific region
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200
Silk Road links East Asia and the West
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206
Qin dynasty
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500
Confucius is born
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550
Japan adopts Chinese culture
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Jan 1, 1150
Height of Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia
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Dec 24, 1300
Chinese drove out Mongol invaders
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Dec 24, 1368
Ming dynasty
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Hong Kong was controlled by the United Kingdoms
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British and Maori sign Treaty of Waitangi
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New Zealand
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USA maintained military base
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Japan emerges as world economic power
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Hong Kong was not controlled anymore.