... BC and the legends reach even further. The history can be divided to eras by dynasties. The first three dynasties were Xia (2205 - 1766 BC), Shang (1766 - 1022 BC) and Zhou (1022 - 277 BC). There is not very much proven information about these times, especially about the first dynasty. The later times of ... Zhou-dynasty were called the Spring & Autumn -period and Warring States -period. This first period saw the rising of many new ideas and philosophies, for example Taoism and Confucianism. The name ... ...

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... , computers, and semiconductors is another story. By the 1970s, all of the key figures who initiated the struggle over post-imperial China were dead "Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-Shek, Zhou Enlai, and others. Chiang's son assumed the presidency and initiated a slow but steady process of political reform. China under Deng Xiaoping would open up culturally, economically, and even somewhat politically ... ...

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