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  65. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>The Paleolithic Era </strong>in China was peopled by <em>Homo erectus</em>. Lantian Man 蓝田人 and Dali Man 大荔人 span the time between 1,150,000 years and 210,000 years ago.</font></td>
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  70. <b><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/001_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Paleolithic Era <br>
  71. </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">旧石器时代 </font></a></b></div>
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  80. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Yangshao <strong>Neolithic Culture</strong> was distributed in villages along the Wei and Yellow Rivers in Shaanxi and neighboring provinces. This collection includes items that date to between 6000 BC and 3000 BC.</font></td>
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  85. <a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/009_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Early Neolithic Culture</b></font><font color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br>
  86. </b></font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>新石器时代</strong></font></a></div>
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  99. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Between 2100 BC and 2900 BC the <strong>Neolithic</strong> cultures showed increasing sophistication. This collection includes pottery and jade objects from: Jiangzhai, Lintong; Chenggu County; Lushanmao, Yan'an; Shimao, Shenmu County; and Zijing, Shangzhou. </font></td>
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  104. <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/035_History_Museum.html">Middle Neolithic Culture</a></b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="Xian/pages/116_Xian_Terracotta_Warriors.html"><br>
  105. 新石器时代</a></b></font></div>
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  114. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>The </strong></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Shang period </strong></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="Xian/pages/151_Xian_Terracotta_Museum.html">商</a></b></font><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/212_History_Museum.html"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>朝 </b></font></a><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(~1700 BC to 1045 BC -- 656 years / ~1700 BC to ~1027 BC -- 673 years).<br>
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  121. </b></font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>商代</b></font></a></div>
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  130. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The <strong>Pre-dynastic Zhou period </strong> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">follows the development of the tribes before they organized and took over from the Shang Dynasty.</font></td>
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  136. </b></font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>先周文化</strong></font></a></div>
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  145. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The<strong> Zhou Dynasty </strong>(~1121 BC to ~249 BC -- 873 years / ~1045 BC to 221 BC -- 825 years) is split into two periods, the Early or Western Zhou and the Later or Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The Eastern Zhou is made up of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Dates given by different experts vary. </font></td>
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  151. </b></font><font size="+1">周</font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>朝</b></font></a></div>
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  165. <a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/102_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Spring and Autumn<br>
  166. </strong></font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>春秋</strong></font></a></div>
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  168. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Spring and Autumn </strong></font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>春秋 </strong></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(777 BC to 476 BC -- 302 years)</font></td>
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  175. <td width="80%"><strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Warring States </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">战国 </font></strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(475 BC to 221 BC -- 255 years)</font></td>
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  181. </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">战国</font></a></strong></div>
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  190. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Qin</strong></font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><a href="Xian/pages/012_Xian_wall.html"> Dynasty </a></b></font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>秦</strong></font><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/212_History_Museum.html"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>朝 </b></font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(221 BC to 207 BC -- 15 years)</font></a></td>
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  196. </strong></font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>秦</strong></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>朝</b></font></a></div>
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  205. <td width="80%"><strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Western Han </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">西汉</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(206 BC to 9 AD -- 216 years)<br>
  206. </font><strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Eastern Han </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">东汉</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(25 to 220 -- 196 years)</font></td>
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  212. </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">汉</font></strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>朝</b></font></a></div>
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  228. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shu Kingdom </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">蜀国,</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> Wei
  229. Kingdom </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">魏国,<br>
  230. </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Northern Wei Period </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">北魏,</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
  231. Southern Dynasties </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">南朝,<br>
  232. </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Western Wei Period</font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 西魏,<br>
  233. </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Northern Zhou Period</font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 北周</font></td>
  234. </tr>
  235. <tr>
  236. <td>
  237. <div align="center">
  238. <strong><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/178_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">220 to 581 AD</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br>
  239. </b></font></a></strong></div>
  240. </td>
  241. <td width="80%"></td>
  242. </tr>
  243. <tr>
  244. <td>
  245. <div align="center">
  246. <a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/212_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Tang_618_7255wiconss.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="123" border="0"></a></div>
  247. </td>
  248. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Culture during the <strong>Tang Dynasty </strong></font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>唐代</strong></font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> advanced by trade with the Western countries through the Silk Road. Even more properous than the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty encouraged innovations in the arts, architecture, painting, music, and poetry (618 to 907 -- 290 years). </font></td>
  249. </tr>
  250. <tr>
  251. <td></td>
  252. <td width="80%"></td>
  253. </tr>
  254. <tr>
  255. <td>
  256. <div align="center">
  257. <a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/212_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Tang Dynasty </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br>
  258. 唐朝</b></font></a></div>
  259. </td>
  260. <td width="80%"><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/217_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Tang_618_7270wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="109" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/226_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Tang_618_7289wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/231_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Tang_618_7298wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="159" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/237_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Tang_618_7312wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="152" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/243_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Tang_618_7324wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="151" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/249_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Tang_618_7338wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="155" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/254_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Tang_618_7349wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="105" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/259_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Tang_618_7356wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="133" height="100" border="0"></a></td>
  261. </tr>
  262. <tr>
  263. <td>
  264. <div align="center">
  265. </div>
  266. </td>
  267. <td width="80%"></td>
  268. </tr>
  269. <tr>
  270. <td>
  271. <div align="center">
  272. <a name=05 href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/260_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Song_960_7362crwiconss.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="89" border="0"></a></div>
  273. </td>
  274. <td width="80%"><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/226_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Song Dynasty </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>宋朝 </b></font></a><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">960 to 1279 -- 320 years. The series includes the Northern Song </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">北宋</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (960 to 1127) and the Southern Song </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">南宋</font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1127 to 1279).</font></td>
  275. </tr>
  276. <tr>
  277. <td>
  278. <div align="center">
  279. <a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/260_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Song Dynasty </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br>
  280. 宋朝</b></font></a></div>
  281. </td>
  282. <td width="80%"><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/264_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Song_960_7396wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/268_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Song_960_7417wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="104" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/272_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Song_960_7428wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="133" height="100" border="0"></a></td>
  283. </tr>
  284. <tr>
  285. <td>
  286. <div align="center">
  287. <a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/277_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Jin_1115_7373wiconss.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="108" border="0"></a></div>
  288. </td>
  289. <td width="80%"><strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Western Xia </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">西夏</font></strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1038 to 1227)</font><br>
  290. <br>
  291. <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Jin Dynasty </strong></font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>金<a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/226_History_Museum.html"><b>朝</b></a></strong><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/226_History_Museum.html"><b> </b></a></font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/226_History_Museum.html">(1115 to 1234)</a></font></td>
  292. </tr>
  293. <tr>
  294. <td>
  295. <div align="center">
  296. <a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/277_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Jin Dynasty<br>
  297. </strong></font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>金<b>朝</b></strong></font></a></div>
  298. </td>
  299. <td width="80%"></td>
  300. </tr>
  301. <tr>
  302. <td>
  303. <div align="center">
  304. <a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/284_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Yuan_1272_7376wiconss.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="125" border="0"></a></div>
  305. </td>
  306. <td width="80%"><strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yuan Dynasty </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">元朝</font></strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1279 to 1368 -- 90 years)</font></td>
  307. </tr>
  308. <tr>
  309. <td>
  310. <div align="center">
  311. <strong><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/284_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yuan Dynasty <br>
  312. </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">元朝</font></a></strong></div>
  313. </td>
  314. <td width="80%"></td>
  315. </tr>
  316. <tr>
  317. <td>
  318. <div align="center">
  319. <a name=06 href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/291_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Ming_1368_7393wiconss.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="122" border="0"></a></div>
  320. </td>
  321. <td width="80%"><strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ming Dynasty </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">明朝</font></strong><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1368 to 1644 -- 277 years)</font></td>
  322. </tr>
  323. <tr>
  324. <td>
  325. <div align="center">
  326. <strong><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/291_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ming Dynasty <br>
  327. </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">明朝</font></a></strong></div>
  328. </td>
  329. <td width="80%"><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/294_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Ming_1368_7405wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="140" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/303_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Ming_1368_7430bwicondd.jpg" alt="" width="133" height="100" border="0"></a><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/307_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Ming_1368_7450wicondd.jpg" alt="" width="133" height="100" border="0"></a></td>
  330. </tr>
  331. <tr>
  332. <td>
  333. <div align="center">
  334. <a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/310_History_Museum.html"><img src="Xian/Shaanxi_History/images/Qing_1644_7438wicobsss.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="134" border="0"></a></div>
  335. </td>
  336. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Qing Dynasty</strong></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <strong><font size="+1">清<a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/226_History_Museum.html"><b>朝</b></a></font></strong> </font><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(1644 to 1912 -- 268 years)</font></td>
  337. </tr>
  338. <tr>
  339. <td>
  340. <div align="center">
  341. <strong><a href="Xian/Shaanxi_History/pages/310_History_Museum.html"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
  342. Qing Dynasty</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
  343. </font><font size="+1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">清<b>朝</b></font></a></strong></div>
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