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Zhou Dynasty-1029 to 258 BCE-Not strong government: allegiances with regional princes and noble families.-contributions Chinese politics-extended china by taking over Yangtze River valley Qin Dynasty-Qin Shi Huangdi-assumed control of noble’s feudal estates-extended china south to present day Hong Kong-built the great wall-Contributions to Chinese politics-national census: tax revenue and labor service-standardized coinage, weights, measures-made Chinese written script form-furthered agriculture-promoted manufacturing Han Dynasty-lasted over 400 years to 220 CE-retained centralized administration of Qin but sought to reduce brutal repression-expanded china pushing it into Korea, Indo China, and Central Asia Political Institutions-Qin—Central Authority-Han—Expanded powers of Bureaucracyaye