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Period: 2200 BCE to 1700 BCE
Xia dynasty
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Period: 1766 BCE to 1080 BCE
Shang dynasty
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Period: 1027 BCE to 221 BCE
Zhou dynasty
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550 BCE
Confucius is born
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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin
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Period: 206 BCE to 221
Han
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200
Silk road links east asia and the west
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550
Japan adopts Chinese culture
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Period: 581 to Dec 25, 618
Sui dynasty
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Period: Dec 24, 618 to Dec 25, 907
Tang dynasty
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Period: Dec 24, 960 to Dec 25, 1279
Song dynasty
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Dec 24, 1150
Height of khmer empire in southeast Asia
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Period: Dec 24, 1279 to Dec 25, 1368
Mongol dynasty
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Period: Dec 24, 1368 to
Ming dynasty
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Dec 24, 1500
European reach china's coast
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Period: to
Qing dynasty
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Japan emerges as world economic power