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Period: 1600 BCE to 1050 BCE
Shang Dynasty
Succeeded greatly in the arts of making cloth from silk and bronze working. -
Period: 1050 BCE to 221 BCE
Chou Dynasty
Established feudalism. -
Period: 960 BCE to 1279 BCE
Sung Dynasty
Literature, calligraphy and painting flourished. Moving type and paper money and the use of the magnetic compass for sailing had been invented in this era. -
Period: 618 BCE to 907 BCE
T'ang Dynasty
Promoted foreign trade and improvements in agriculture -
Period: 221 BCE to 207
Ch'in Dynasty
Built extensive network of of roads. -
Period: 206 BCE to 220 BCE
Han Dynasty
Opened up the Silk Roads to most of Asia, India all the way to Rome.