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221
Han Dynasty had fallen
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390
Tang Dynasty had been joined by true porcelain
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581
Sui dynasty reunited empire
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600
Southern China on its way to becoming most prosperous & most commercial
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610
Construction of Grand Canal
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Period: 618 to 906
Tang Dynasty
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644
Identification of soils in China that contained saltpeter
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Period: 700 to 750
Development of printing within walls of Buddhist monasteries
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919
Gunpowder
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Period: 960 to 1279
Song Dynasty
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1127
Earliest evidence of a cannon or bombard