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<p>A <b>commandery</b>  was a historical administrative division of <a href="page.php?w=China">China</a> that was in use from the <a href="page.php?w=Eastern_Zhou">Eastern Zhou</a> (c.&nbsp;7th&nbsp;century BCE) until the early <a href="page.php?w=Tang_dynasty">Tang dynasty</a> (c.&nbsp;7th century&nbsp;CE). Several neighboring countries adopted Chinese commanderies as the basis for their own administrative divisions.</p>

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<p><big>Eastern Zhou</big></p>
<p>During the <a href="page.php?w=Eastern_Zhou">Eastern Zhou</a>'s</p><p>
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