The history of China, from xia dynasty, nearly 4100 years of history; From China's first unified dynasty qin dynasty, about 2241 years. Prehistoric times have seruice, revered as the father. About 2070 BC, the xia dynasty; In shang dynasty of China's earliest known mature text - oracle; The further development of the western zhou dynasty when the society, the spring and autumn period and the warring states period when productivity, schools of thought contend. In 221 BC, qin shi huang established the first centralized feudal state in Chinese history - the qin dynasty; When the western han dynasty and han dynasty and further consolidate and develop the unified situation, basic finalize the design of Chinese characters. The three jin and the northern and southern dynasties, China into separate regime.