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2100 BCE
The legendary Xia dynasty is established
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1045 BCE
The western zhou dynasty begins (to 770 BCE)
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551 BCE
Confucius lives
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500 BCE
iron working begins in china
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221 BCE
the qin dynasty creates the chinese empire
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184 BCE
revolt of the yellow turbans
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105 BCE
the chinese invent a method of making paper from silk
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65 BCE
buddhism arrives in china from india