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2200 BCE
Xia dynasty (china)
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Period: 2200 BCE to 1700 BCE
Xia dynasty (china)
The Xia dynasty is said to be the first to irrigate, produce cast bronze, and build a strong army. -
1766 BCE
shang dynasty (china)
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Period: 1766 BCE to 1080 BCE
Shang dynasty (china)
The Shang Dynasty's accomplishments and characteristics include bronze work, military technology, including horse-drawn chariots, writing, a calendar, and religion, which featured ancestor worship and oracle bones. -
1045 BCE
Zhou dynasty (china)
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Period: 1045 BCE to 221 BCE
Zhou dynasty (china)
Chinese society developed new agricultural practices, invented coinage, standardized their writing system, and developed iron tools. -
221 BCE
qin dynasty (china)
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Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE
Qin dynasty (china)
Gunpowder, paper, printing, and the compass are sometimes called the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China. Kites were first used as a way for the army to signal warnings. Umbrellas were invented for protection from the sun as well as the rain. -
206 BCE
Han dynasty (china)
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Period: 206 BCE to 221
Han dynasty (china)
The Hans invented many things including the magnetic compasses, loom, paper, the silk road, wheelbarrow, cast iron, hot air balloon, and the seismograph. -
57 BCE
Silla dynasty (korea)
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Period: 57 BCE to 935
Silla dynasty (korea)
Among the many accomplishments of the Unified Silla Kingdom is the first known example of printing. -
37 BCE
goguryeo dynasty (korea)
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Period: 37 BCE to 668
Goguryeo dynasty (korea)
At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled most of the Korean peninsula, large parts of Manchuria and parts of the Russian Far East and eastern Mongolia. -
18 BCE
baekje dynasty (korea)
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Period: 18 BCE to 660
Baekje dynasty (korea)
In the Baekje Kingdom, the emperor declared Buddhism the official religion of the state in 384. -
581
Sui dynasty (china)
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Period: 581 to 618
Sui dynasty (china)
The Sui Dynasty also invented Block Printing which was used into the early 19th century as a means of typesetting. Block printing as a type set reduced the number of workers that it took to produce printed works. -
618
tang dynasty (china)
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Period: 618 to 907
Tang dynasty (china)
The Tang dynasty of ancient China witnessed many advancements in Chinese science and technology, with various developments in woodblock printing, timekeeping, mechanical engineering, medicine, structural engineering, cartography, and alchemy. -
698
parhae dynasty (korea)
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Period: 698 to 926
Parhae dynasty (korea)
invention of the metal movable type attest to Goryeo's cultural achievements. -
710
Nara and Heian period (japan)
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Period: 710 to 1192
Nara and Heian period (japan)
During the Nara Period the government officially supported Buddhism and a succession of large temples were built at important parts of the capital to protect the emperor and the state. -
918
Goryeo period (Korea)
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Period: 918 to 1392
Goryeo period (Korea)
The Goryeo dynasty was a period of intense religious fervor. Its people, from the rulers to their lowest subjects, were ardent believers in Buddhism. This dynasty had a unique beginning. Its founder, Wang Geon, embraced his former rivals and brought them into the fold of his new dynasty. -
960
Song dynasty (china)
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Period: 960 to 1279
Song dynasty (china)
Printing, paper money, porcelain, tea, restaurants, gunpowder, the compass, the number of things that Chinese of the Song Dynasty gave to the world is mind-boggling. -
1192
Kamakura period (japan)
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Period: 1192 to 1333
Kamakura period (china)
Kamakura period, in Japanese history during which the basis of feudalism was firmly established. -
1279
Yuan or mongol dynasty (china)
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Period: 1279 to 1368
Yuan or mongol dynasty (china)
Many developments in economy, science, engineering, mathematics, printing, astronomy, medicine, painting, poetry, calligraphy and other forms of art took place during its reign. -
Period: 1338 to 1573
Muromachi period (japan)
In the late Muromachi period, ink painting had migrated out of the Zen monasteries into the art world in general. -
Period: 1368 to
Ming dynasty (china)
They made the great wall of china. The Ming Dynasty is also remembered for its drama, literature and world-renowned porcelain. -
Period: 1392 to
Joseon dynasty (Korea)
Joseon was the last dynasty of Korea and its longest-ruling Confucian dynasty. During its reign, Joseon encouraged the entrenchment of Chinese Confucian ideals and doctrines in Korean society. Neo-Confucianism was installed as the new dynasty's state ideology. -
Period: 1573 to
Azuchi-Momoyama period (japan)
A number of other administrative innovations were instituted to encourage commerce and stabilize society. -
Period: to
Edo period (japan)
the final period of traditional Japan, a time of internal peace, political stability, and economic growth under the shogunate (military dictatorship) founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu. -
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Qing dynasty (china)
China discovered gunpowder long before the Qing Dynasty took over the throne. However, during the dynasty's rule, the first machine gun was invented. -
Period: to
Meiji period (japan)
The Meiji period that followed the Restoration was an era of major political, economic, and social change in Japan. The reforms enacted during the Meiji emperor's rule brought about the modernization and Westernization of the country and paved the way for Japan to become a major international power. -
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Taisho and early showa period (japan)
It followed the Meiji period and represented a continuation of Japan's rise on the international scene and liberalism at home.
