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Western Zhou (c.1046–771 BCE)

95701 BCE - 770 BCE

Warring States within the Eastern Zhou (475–256 BCE)

475 BCE - 221 BCE

Spring and Autumn Period within the Eastern Zhou (771–476 BCE)

771 BCE - 473 BCE

Shang Yang's reforms and the legal-administrative transformation of Qin (c.359–338 BCE)

3380 - 3610

Shang dynasty economy and long-distance trade networks (c. 1600–1046 BCE)

1046 - 1600

Sack of Haojing and the Move to Luoyang (events of 771 BCE and aftermath)

779 BCE - 750 BCE

Royal lineage and reign chronology of Shang kings (traditional and archaeological) (c. 1600–1046 BCE)

1600 BCE - 1046 BCE

Rise of the State of Qin during the late Zhou (4th–3rd centuries BCE)

221 - 361

Religious rites, ancestor worship, and divination practices in the Shang (c. 1600–1046 BCE)

1600 BCE - 2006

Relations between the Shang and neighboring polities (c. 1600–1046 BCE)

1600 BCE - 1046 BCE

Oracle bone divination at Anyang (Yin) (c. 1250–1046 BCE)

1300 BCE - 2006

Mozi and the Mohist movement in the Eastern Zhou (c.470–4th century BCE)

475 BCE - 100 BCE

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