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551 BCE
Birth of the philosopher Confucius
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221 BCE
Qin Shi Huangdi Becomes the first Emperor of China
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221 BCE
Work begins on Great Wall of China
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210 BCE
Death of Qin Shi Huangdi
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Period: 202 BCE to 220
Rise of the Han Dynasty
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750
The Chinese invent block printing
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1050
The Chinese invent movable print
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1092
The first mechanical clock is built
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1271
Marco Polo arrives in China
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1279
The Rise of the Yuan Dynasty
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1368
The Fall of the Yuan Dynasty
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1368
The Rise of the Ming Dynasty
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1405
The first voyages of the Great treasure fleet of Admiral Cheng Ho
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The Fall of the Ming Dynasty
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Discovery of terracotta army guarding the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi