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| 105 |
| | The eunuch Ts'ai Lun either invents paper or presents a report on the new substance to the Chinese emperor | |
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| c. 175 |
| | The Han emperor in China has the six main Confucian classics engraved in stone, so that scholars may take rubbings - a first step towards printing | |
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| 221 |
| | The Han dynasty is brought to an end, after more than four centuries, by decades of peasant unrest | |
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| c. 300 |
| | The Chinese transform the toe loop of nomadic horsemen into the metal stirrup | |
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| c. 300 |
| | Ten dynasties and nineteen kingdoms jockey for power in the three centuries after the fall of the Han dynasty | |
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| c. 400 |
| | The Chinese solve the difficult problem of harnessing a horse without strangling it | |
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| 589 |
| | After three centuries of chaos and disunion in China, a stable dynasty - the Sui - is established by Wen Ti (the Cultured Emperor) | |
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| c. 610 |
| | The Grand Canal is constructed in China, joining a network of existing waterways to link the Yangtze and Yellow rivers | |
| | Grand Canal, China Photograph Beryl Pethick
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| 618 |
| | A high official of the Sui empire seizes power and establishes one of China's greatest dynasties, the T'ang | |
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| c. 650 |
| | At Dunhuang, an oasis on the Silk Road, as many as 500 caves are decorated with Buddhist murals | |
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