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Timeline of Chinese History from 230 B.C. to 220 A.D.

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of Chinese history from the country's unification under the First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, through the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty era.

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221 B.C. First Emperor Qin Shi Huang unifies China

210 B.C. Death of Qin Shi Huang, Terracotta Army buried in Xian

206 B.C.-8 A.D. Western Han Dynasty

2nd century B.C. Trade begins along the Silk Road

c. 100 B.C. Invention of paper

9-23 A.D. Xin Dynasty

23-220 A.D. Eastern Han Dynasty

68 A.D. First Buddhist temple in China, White Horse Temple, founded

132 A.D. Invention of first seismoscope for detecting earthquakes

166 A.D. Imperial Roman embassy arrives in China

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