Xia Dynasty c. 2070 BC.1600 BC
Shang Dynasty 1600 BC.1046 BC
Western Zhou Dynasty 1046 BC.771 BC
Eastern Zhou Dynasty 770 BC.256 BC
Spring and Autumn Period 770 BC.476 BC
Warring States Period 475 BC.221 BC
Qin Dynasty 221 BC.206 BC
Western Han Dynasty 206 BC.25 AD
Eastern Han Dynasty 25.22
Three Kingdoms Period 220.28
Western Jin Dynasty 265.316
Eastern Jin Dynasty 317.42
Northern and Southern Dynasties 386.589
Sui Dynasty 581.618
Tang Dynasty 618?907
Five Dynasties and Ten States Five Dynasties 907.96
Ten States 902.979
Northern Song Dynasty 960.1127
Southern Song Dynasty 1127.1279
Liao (or Khitan) 916.1125
Jin 1115.1234
Xixia (or Tangut) 1038.1227
Yuan Dynasty 1271.1368
Ming Dynasty 1368.1644
Qing Dynasty 1644.1911
Republic of China 1912.1949
People’s Republic of China Founded in 1949
