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| c. 1400 BC |
| | | Chopsticks are in use in China, with bronze versions featuring in Shang tombs | |
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| c. 1400 BC |
| | | Ancestor worship, a central theme of Chinese history, is practised by the royal family and high nobility in Shang times | |
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| c. 1400 BC |
| | | China produces superb bronzes, in the ritual vessels for sacrifices to the ancestors | |
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| c. 1300 BC |
| | | Chinese priests record on oracle bones the result of their divination, thus providing the earliest examples of Chinese characters | |
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| c. 1050 BC |
| | | The Zhou defeat the Shang, and establish a new dynasty with a capital at Ch'ang-an (now Xi'an) | |
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| 771 BC |
| | | The Zhou rulers, driven east from Xi'an, create a new capital at Loyang and establish the Eastern Zhou dynasty | |
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| c. 600 BC |
| | | The poems of the Shi Jing, China's earliest work of literature, are gathered together | |
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| c. 550 BC |
| | | K'ung-fu-tzu, or Confucius, teaches a practical philosophy which will profoundly influence Chinese history | |
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| 513 BC |
| | | The Chinese become the first people to cast iron, after developing a furnace which can reach a very high temperature | |
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| c. 500 BC |
| | | The secret of lacquer, the sap of a tree which can be hardened by moisture, is discovered in China | |
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