The fallowing Dynasty to the Zhou is the Qin Dynasty. The start of the Qin Dynasty was in 256 BCE, although the unification of China did not happen until 221 BCE. ... He gave himself the title, Qin shih-huang-ti, or "The First Exalted Emperor of the Qin". ... The dynasty after the Qin is the well-known Han. ... China was reunified in 589 CE to the Sui dynasty, which has been compared to the earlier Qin dynasty in its accomplishments. ...

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It was then followed by the Shang Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty. ... Next, in came the Qin Dynasty that was established as the first empire. ... Eventually, the Qin Dynasty was overthrown when it became weak from the death of Qin Shi Huang. The strong Han Dynasty arrived right after the Qin Dynasty. ... Buddhism reached China by the time of the later Han Dynasty. ...

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Hsun-Tzu The steadfast decline of the Chou Dynasty, signed by the Warring States period, was followed by the fall of the old feudal structure held together by interconnected religious and social rituals. ... With the Qin dynasty destroying writings of the higher thinkers and the hunt and persecution of intellectuals, the Confucian school was the main one to have survived this, hence dominating thought. ...

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"Adamson (2002) analyzes the official role and status of English language and education in China by dividing Chinese history into three periods – the Qing dynasty, the Republican era, and the People's Republic of China.... In the Qin Dynasty, the King opened Canton as the port to foreign countries. ...

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