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The Qin state unifies China under the Qin Dynasty with a powerful central government, marking the end of the Warring States Period. Ying Zheng proclaims himself Qin Shi Huang
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The building of the Great Wall of China in 221 B.C. in an effort to keep Mongol invaders. In the 600's AD, the Sui Emperor Yang Di began a huge project of repairing the ancient wall. The costs of rebuilding the wall were enormous. The construction involved the forced labor of hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom died from the harsh working conditions and were buried in the wall itself. 15,000 defense towers and forts were built along the wall
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The repeating crossbow is featured in drawings from the records of the Chu state.
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Birth of Zou Yan, who will later find the school of thought which for the first time systematically combine the two premodern theories of Yin and yang and the Five Elements.
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Astronomers Gan De and Shi Shen start a compilation of catalougued stars
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The magnets were placed on bronze plates marked with directional bearings. Compasses were first used in Feng Shui. By 1000 AD, navigational compasses were widely used on Chinese ships, enabling them to navigate without stars in view.
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Guided by the aristocratic statesman Zi Chan, the Zheng state creates a formal code of law.
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Confucius according to Chinese tradition, was a thinker, political figure, and educator
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Sunshu Ao becomes chinas first known hydraulic engineer
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During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a conflict between the states of Jin against Chu and its allies in China in 632B.C., which is called the Battle of Chengpu. The Jin victory confirmed the hegemony of Duke Wen of Jin and checked Chu ambitions in the north for at least a generation. The Battle of Chengpu is probably the largest and most detailedand Autumn Period and definitely the most detailed in the Zuo Zhuan
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King Huan led a campaign against Duke Zhuang of Zheng after the latter refused to appear in the capital, angered that Huan had dismissed him from his old post as Left Advisor at court
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Earliest possible date for the compilation for the Book of Songs
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King Zhao replaces King Kang
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During the 12th year of King Mu's reign, zhou forces attack some branches of the Rong People
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After defeating the Rong people King Mu is able to expand his territory
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The nomadic Rong people of Taiyuan staged an attack on the Zhou capital at Haojing (present day Xian)
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Under the command of Guo Gong, the Zhou were able to defeat the Rong people in a significant battle, reportedly capturing 1,000 horses
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First year of concise, consecutive court dating at the beginning of the regency of Gonghe.
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The Battle of Bi was fought during the Spring and Autumn Period in 595, between the major states of Chu and Jin. Occurring three and a half decades after the Battle of Chengpu, where Jin decisively defeated Chu, the battle was a major victory for Chu, cementing the position of its ruler King Zhuang as a hegemon among the states of the Zhou Dynasty.
