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Early Chinese settlers build small villages and farm along the major rivers including the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
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Pigs were first domesticated in China
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Rice was first domesticated in China.
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Evidence of the surgical procedure of trephination found in China.
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Villages arise in China around the Yellow river. Terraced farming begins and rice is cultivated.
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Yangshao Culture thrives in Yellow River Valley, China
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Neolithic village of Banpo in China built.
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The Hongshan culture in China produces a jade figurine which is the oldest known depiction of a dragon.
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First appearance of silk in China.
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Rule of the legendary Yellow Emperor. His wife Leizu invented the process of making silk cloth
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Chinese learn how to make bronze. The Xia Dynasty becomes the first dynasty in China
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Great Flood: Yu the Great completed a drainage system. ended the periodic and destructive flooding of the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers.
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Shang Dynasty
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Zhou Dynasty
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End of the Western Zhou and beginning of the Eastern Zhou. The Spring and Autumn period begins.
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Philosopher and thinker Confucius is born.
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Cast iron is invented in China around this time. The iron plough was likely invented shortly after.
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403 - 221 BC: The Warring States period. During this time leaders from different areas were constantly fighting for control.
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Qin Shi Huangdi becomes the first Emperor of China. He has the Great Wall of China built by extending and connecting existing walls to protect the people from the Mongols
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Qin Dynasty
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The writing system of China becomes standardized by the government.
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The Terra Cotta Army is buried with Emperor Qin.
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Han Dynasty
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Dead buried with grave goods at Banpo Village, China.