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BRONZE AGE CHINA CHU AND EARLY MPERIAL CHINA
I
OTHER
CULTURES

2000 1000 1 CE 1000

Erlitou Culture Spring and Autumn Period Northern Wei Dynasty Later
c. 1900 -1500 BCE 770 - 476 BCE 386-534 CE Liang
Dynasty
Lower Xiajiadian Culture Western Zhou Dynasty Western Han Dynasty Eastern 907-923 CE
c. 2000-1500 BCE c. nth century - 771 BCE 206 BCE-24 CE Wei
Dynasty
Shang Dynasty Warring States Period 534-550 CE
c. i6th - nth century BCE 475 - 221 BCE
Northern Qi Dynasty
Qin Dynasty 550-577 CE
221-207 BCE
Tang Dynasty
618 - 907 CE

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cat. 57

cat. 43
cat. 109