Chinese
8000-2000 BCE. Advent of pottery making, rise of agriculture and sedentary living.
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ca. 8th-3rd Century BCE. Continuation of the Chinese Bronze age.
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770-221 BCE. Period of consildation of rule among regional warlords.
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206 BCE - 220 CE. Flourishing of Chinese art and literature.
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265 - 420 CE (115 years). Period of rebellion, invasion, crisis.
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581 - 618 CE. Period of reunification, civil reforms, rebuilding.
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618 - 907 CE. Possibly the most glorious dynasty in Chinese history.
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907 - 1125 CE (218 years). Breakaway Khitan tribal state, destroyed by the Jin Dynasty.
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960 - 1279 CE. Calm internal growth followed by invasion.
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1271 - 1368 CE. Beginning with Genghis Khan, Mongol emporers rule China.
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1368 - 1644 CE (277 years). Mongols driven out, Forbidden City constructed.
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