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BRONZE  AGE CHINA                                   CHU  AND          EARLY MPERIAL    CHINA
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                                                            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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