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Period: 2070 BCE to 1650 BCE
Xia Dynasty
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Period: 1650 BCE to 1050 BCE
Shang Dynasty
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Period: 1050 BCE to 221 BCE
Zhou Dynasty
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551 BCE
Birth of Confucius
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Period: 475 BCE to 221 BCE
The warring states
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246 BCE
Yin Zheng becomes king of Qin
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221 BCE
Ying Zhen becomes the first emperor of a united China
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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin Dynasty
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Period: 206 BCE to 220
Han Dynasty