GMAT Test Prep: SC-63952471 GMAT Sentence Correction

The state religion of ancient China, which came into existence at least as far back as the Han Dynasty (206 B .C . to A .D . 220) and perhaps as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty (1050 B .C . to 771 B .C .), allowed only emperors performing the ritual worship of heaven, perceiving them as special links between the earthly and celestial realms.
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