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Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE
Shang
Created a 12 month calendar with 365 1/4 days, based on the moons cycle -
Period: 1046 BCE to 226 BCE
Zhou
invented the compass -
Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin
built the Great Wall across Northern China -
Period: 206 BCE to 220
Han
Developed paper made of hemp fibers -
Period: 581 to Apr 24, 618
Sui
Built the Grand Canal -
Period: Apr 23, 618 to Apr 24, 907
Tang
block printing was invented -
Period: Apr 23, 960 to Apr 24, 1279
Song
Perfected gunpowder -
Period: Apr 23, 1271 to Apr 24, 1368
Yuan
Used decimal and fractional numbers -
Period: Apr 23, 1368 to
Ming
Moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing -
Period: to
Qing
The Imperial Encyclopedia was written