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2100 BCE
The Xia dynasty is established
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1200 BCE
Silk Is first made in China
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Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE
Confucius lives
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500 BCE
Iron working begins in China
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Period: 475 BCE to 221 BCE
The Warring states begin
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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
The Kin dynasty creates the Chinese empire
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184
The revolt of the Yellow Turbans
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220
The Han dynasty falls. The Three Kingdoms period begins.