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1600 BCE
King Jie of Xia dynasty died
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Period: 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE
Shang dynasty
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Period: 1250 BCE to 1192 BCE
Reign of emperor of Wu Ding of Shang Dynasty
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1100 BCE
Zhou Dynasty begins in China
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Period: 772 BCE to 481 BCE
Sun Tzu was born
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Period: 551 BCE to 479 BCE
Life of Confucius
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Period: 403 BCE to 221 BCE
Warring States Period
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341 BCE
Crossbow was first used in war
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221 BCE
Terracotta Army buried
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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin Dynasty
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Period: 206 BCE to 220
Han Dynasty
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Period: 202 BCE to 195 BCE
Reign of Liu Bang
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Period: 141 BCE to 87 BCE
Reign of Wudi
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100 BCE
Invention of Paper in China
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Period: 9 to 23 BCE
Reign of emperor Wang Mang