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Jordan: Periods of Chinese History (1888 words) |
 | Chinese dynasties, however, are numbered, and it takes some study before one knows that the Hàn dynasty comes before the Yuán. |
| Chinese tradition postulates a period of great culture heroes who invented the arts of civilization, followed by the foundation of a dynastic line referred to as Xià (q.v.) The period of the Five Emperors is traditionally considered to run from about 10,000 BC to about 2207 BC. |
| This brief and brutal dynasty is important because it ended feudalism and established the imperial state, headed with a totalitarian emperor with the right to intervene in all aspects of private and public life. |
| China Dynasty Timeline (262 words) |
| Xia Dynasty 2033-1562 BC Shang Dynasty 1562-1066 BC The Shang dynasty was based in the Yellow River basin. |
| The later period of this dynasty was documented by inscriptions on divination bones excavated in the 1920's. |
| Zhou Dynasties 1066-256 BC Western Zhou Dynasty 1066-771 BC Eastern Zhou Dynasty 770-256 BC -Spring and Autumn Period 770-476 BC -Warring States Period 475-221 BC The longest-lived of the Chinese dynasties. |
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