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Chinese History Timeline

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

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

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 seismometer by Zhang Heng

166 A.D. Imperial Roman embassy arrives in China

221-280 A.D. Three Kingdoms Period

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