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• The Sui dynasty (589–618)
• The T'ang dynasty (618–907)
• Tibet
• The Sung dynasty (960–1279)
• Yüan dynasty (1279–1368)
• Women and Foot-Binding
• Glory days of the Ming dynasty (1368–c. 1500)
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China has had an organized political system since the founding of the Shang dynasty in 1766 B.C. The nation was first unified, and the empire established, under the Ch'in dynasty in 221 B.C. Over the course of the centuries, China...