The Xia Dynasty (c. 2070-1600 BCE) was the first government to emerge in ancient China and the first to adopt the policy of dynastic succession. Consequently, the Xia was the first dynasty of China. Long regarded as a mythical construct of later Chinese historians, 20th-century excavations uncovered sites which corresponded to descriptions in earlier historians' accounts.
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c. 2070 BCE - c. 1600 BCEThe Xia Dynasty rules in China.
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c. 1789 BCE - 1758 BCEKong Jia of the Xia Dynasty rules in China.
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1728 BCE - 1675 BCEJie is the last ruler of the Xia Dynasty in China.
