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 Xia Dynasty

Start: 2200 BC
End: 1600 BC
Type: Dynasty
Language: Old Chinese

 Shang Dynasty

Start: 1600 BC
End: 1046 BC
Type: Dynasty
Language: Old Chinese
Religion: Chinese Folk Religion

 Western Zhou Dynasty

Start: 1046 BC
End: 771 BC
Type: Dynasty
Language: Old Chinese
Religion: Chinese folk religion, Hundred Schools of Thought
Notes: Twin City of FengHao - striding the Wei and the Feng? rivers\' confluence was an early capital.

 Spring and Autumn period

Start: 771 BC
End: 476 BC
Type: Period

 Eastern Zhou Dynasty

Start: 770 BC
End: 256 BC
Type: Dynasty
Language: Old Chinese
Religion: Chinese folk religion, Hundred Schools of Thought

 Qin Dynasty

Start: 247 BC
End: 206 BC
Type: Dynasty
Language: Old Chinese
Religion: Chinese Folk Religion, Legalism
Notes: Built Great Wall

 Han Dynasty

Start: 202 BC
End: 220 AD
Type: Dynasty
Language: Old Chinese
Religion: Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion

 Xin Dynasty

Start: 9 AD
End: 23 AD
Type: Dynasty

 Shu Han

Start: 219 AD
End: 280 AD
Type: Dynasty
Note: Three Kingdoms period

 Cao Wei

Start: 220 AD
End: 265 AD
Type: Dynasty
Note: Three Kingdoms period

 Eastern Wu

Start: 229 AD
End: 280 AD
Type: Dynasty
Note: Three Kingdoms period

 Jin Dynasty

Start: 265 AD
End: 420 AD
Type: Dynasty
Language: Old Chinese
Religion: Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion

 Liu Song Dynasty

Start: 363 AD
End: 479 AD
Type: Dynasty
Note: Southern Dynasty

 Northern Wei

Start: 386 AD
End: 534 AD
Type: Dynasty
Note: Northern Dynasty, Mongolian Xian
Religion: Buddhism, Taoism

 Southern Qi Dynasty

Start: 479 AD
End: 502 AD
Type: Dynasty
Note: Southern Dynasty
 
 
Two-handled bronze gefuding gui ⌕
   
NoteA two-handled bronze gefuding gui, Late Shang, Shanghai Museum
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bronze battle axe ⌕
   
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Ding (cooking vessel) ⌕
   
NoteA ding, Late Shang Dynasty, Shanghai Museum
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Bronze wine Ding ⌕
   
NoteHoumuwu Ding, also known as Simuwu Ding (wine vessel) is the heaviest piece of bronze work found in China so far. It was made in the late Shang Dynasty at Anyang. National Museum of China.(wiki)
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Qizhong Hu bronze vessel ⌕
   
NoteQizhong Hu, King Gong Reign, Western Zhou, Shanghai Museum
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Bronze Yi (vessel) ⌕
   
NoteA Yi is an ancient ritual bronze vessel from China. It is believed that it was used to hold water for washing the hands before rituals like sacrifices. This Yi has the shape of half a gourd with a handle in the shape of a dragon, and an oval base. It is supported by four legs decorated with taotie (animal mask designs). The bottom shows 22 chinese characters written in 4 lines, stating that \\'the Marquis of Qi cast this Yi for his wife Mengji Liangnii, the princess of the State of Guo\\'. (wiki). Shanghai Museum.
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Archers Head ⌕
   
NoteBy Charlie - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39195412
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Decorative banner ⌕
   
NoteThis silk banner was found draped over the coffin in the grave of Lady Dai (c. 168 BC) at Mawangdui near Changsha in Hunan province, China. The scenes depicted on it seem to illustrate the journey of the woman\'s soul. The top section shows the heavenly realm, complete with dragons, leopards, and hybrid creatures. At the corners are the crow that symbolizes the sun and the toad that symbolizes the moon, the pairing of the sun and moon representing the cosmic forces of yin and yang.(wiki)
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Green glazed dog ⌕
   
NoteShanghai Museum
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figurine of a man ⌕
   
NoteFomm Eastern Han
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jin jar ⌕
   
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Western Jin lion ⌕
   
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Celadon jar ⌕
   
NoteEastern Jin, Shanghai Museum
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Horse and Warrior Rider ⌕
   
NoteMusée Cernuschi, Paris, France. : Warrior on a Caparisoned Horse (Jiaqi Juzhuang Yong). Nothern Wei Dynasty (386 – 534)(Wiki)
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