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7000 BCE
Domestication of rice in the Yangzi River
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1206 BCE
Mongol tribes arrive in East Asia
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1101 BCE
Zhou Dynasty challenges Shang Dynasty in 12th century
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600 BCE
Confucius ideas are enlightened in East Asia in mid 60th century
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403 BCE
Period of the Warring States
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300 BCE
Long distance trade increases in East Asia
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221 BCE
1st Qin emperor declares himself emperor
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206 BCE
Han Dynasty rises
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124 BCE
Han Wudi establishes imperial university, confucian exam system
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102 BCE
Silk Road introduced