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4500 BCE - 3000 BCEThe Hongshan culture in China produces a jade figurine which is the oldest known depiction of a dragon.
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c. 2700 BCEThe earliest known examples of woven silk from Qianshanyang, China.
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1600 BCE - 1046 BCEWriting develops in China during the Shang Dynasty.
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c. 1250 BCE - 1046 BCEOracle Bones in use in China during the Shang Dynasty.
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206 BCEThe Emperor Shi Huangti is buried with a terracotta army of more than 8,000 soldiers in a palace tomb.
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105 CEInvention of fine paper-making process by Cai Lun.
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c. 303 CE - c. 365 CELife of Wang Xizhi, China's most famous calligrapher.
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c. 600 CE - 673 CELife of celebrated Chinese court painter Yan Liben.
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626 CE - 649 CEWoodblock printing process develops under reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
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675 CEThe Buddhist Fengxiansi Cave is carved at Longmen Grottoes, China.
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699 CE - 759 CELife of Wang Wei, the celebrated Chinese landscape painter.
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c. 990 CE - 1030 CELife of Chinese painter Fan Kuan.
