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Asia
South Asia
South-east Asia
Western Asia
Korea
East Asia
Japan
Asia
1,000,000-8000 BC Palaeolithic
330-100 BC
9000-5000 BC Mesolithic
100 BC-AD 600
5000-2000 BC Neolithic
AD 600-1200
2000-1000 BC Bronze Age
AD 1200-1500
1000-540 BC Iron Age
AD 1500-1800
540-330 BC
AD 1800-2000
South Asia
7000-2500 BC Neolithic
AD 600-1200
2500-1000 BC Bronze Age and Indus
AD 1200-1398
1000-325 BC Iron Age
AD 1398-1526
326-200 BC
AD 1526-1757
200 BC-AD 1
AD 1757-1857
AD 1-320
AD 1857-1947
AD 320-600
AD 1947-2000
South-east Asia
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7000-2000 BC Neolithic
AD 1300-1500
2000-500 BC Bronze Age
AD 1500-1750
500 BC-AD 850 Early States
AD 1750-1950
AD 850-1300 Kingdoms
AD 1950-2000
Western Asia
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3300-2000 BC Early Bronze Age
550-331 BC Persian Empire
331-133 BC Hellenistic
AD 622-1258 Early Islamic
1000-550 BC Iron Age
AD 223-622 Sasanian
2000-1000 BC Middle and Late Bronze Age
AD 1250-1500 Later Islamic
8000-3300 BC Neolithic and Chalcolithic
AD 1500-1920 Ottoman
133 BC-AD 223 Parthian
AD 1920-2000 Modern
Korea
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5000 BC-AD 300 Prehistoric
AD 935-1392 Koryo
AD 300-668 Three Kingdoms
AD 1392-1910 Choson
AD 668-935 Unified Silla
AD 1910-2000 Modern
East Asia
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7000-1500 BC Neolithic
AD 900-1280 Song Dynasty
1500-1050 BC Shang
AD 1280-1368 Yuan dynasty
1050-220 BC Zhou
AD 1368-1644 Ming dynasty
220 BC - AD 600 Early Dynasties
AD 1644-1911 Qing dynasty
AD 600-900 Imperial China
AD 1911-2000 Republic
Japan
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AD 300-600 Kofun
AD 600-794 Asuka/Nara
12,500-300 BC
AD 1615-1868 Edo
AD 1573-1615 Momoyama
AD 794-1185 Heian
AD 1868-1912 Meiji
AD 1185-1333 Kamakura
AD 1333-1573 Muromachi
AD 1912-2000 Modern
300 BC-AD 300 Yayoi
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