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Chinese History Timeline

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Timeline of Chinese History from the Peking Man through the modern day.

c. 1200 B.C. First known Chinese calendar, the Oracle Bone Calendar

1046-771 B.C. Western Zhou Dynasty

c. 1000 B.C. (?) Compilation of the Shi Jing (Book of Songs)

770-250 B.C. Eastern Zhou Dynasty

c. 604 B.C. (?) Lao-tzu founds Taoism

c. 551-479 B.C. Lifetime of Confucius, legendary philosopher

c. 400 B.C. Star Catalogue compiled by astronomers Gan De and Shi Shen

361-207 B.C. Qin Dynasty

c. 250 B.C. Invention of repeat-fire crossbow

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

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