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5 BCE
8000 - 2205 BC
Early Chinese settlers build small villages and farm along the major rivers including the Yellow River and the Yangtze River -
22
8 - 22 AD
The Xin Dynasty overthrows the Han Dynasty for a short period of time -
45
1570 - 1045 BC
Shang Dynasty -
75
2205 - 1575 BC
he Chinese learn how to make bronze. The Xia Dynasty becomes the first dynasty in China. -
96
2696 BC
Rule of the legendary Yellow Emperor. His wife Leizu invented the process of making silk cloth. -
256
1045 - 256 BC
Zhou Dynasty -
551
551 BC
Philosopher and thinker Confucius is born -
771
771 BC
End of the Western Zhou and beginning of the Eastern Zhou. The Spring and Autumn period begins.