Table of
CHINESE DYNASTIES
 

    c.6000-2000 BC Neolithic Age      
  c.2000-1520 BC XIA kingdom      
  c.1520-1030 BC SHANG (YIN) kingdom      
    ZHOU dynasty  
  c.1030-722 BC Western Zhou period  
  722-480 BC Spring and Autumn period  
  480-221 BC Warring States period  
  IST UNIFICATION 221-207 BC QIN dynasty  
    HAN dynasty  
  202 BC-AD 9 Western Han  
  AD 9-23 Xin interregnum  
  AD 25-220 Eastern Han  
  IST PARTITION AD 221-265 THREE KINGDOMS period  
  AD 221-264 SHU (HAN)  
  AD 220-264 WEI  
  AD 222-280 WU  
  2ND UNIFICATION   JIN dynasty      
  AD 265-317 Western Jin      
  AD 317-420 Eastern Jin      
  AD 420-479 Liu-Song dynasty      
  2ND PARTITION   Northern and Southern Dynasties  
  AD 479-502 QI dynasty  
  AD 502-557 LIANG dynasty  
  AD 557-587 CHEN dynasty  
  AD 386-535 Northern WEI  
  AD 535-554 Western WEI    
  AD 534-543 Easter WEI    
  AD 550-577 Northern QI dynasty  
  AD 557-581 Northern ZHOU dynasty  
  3RD UNIFICATION AD 581-618 SUI dynasty      
  AD 618-906 TANG dynasty      
  3RD PARTITION AD 907-960 FIVE DYNASTY period
(Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou) 		     
  AD 907-1125 LIAO dynasty Qidan Tartar    
  AD 1144-1211 West LIAO dynasty Qara-Khitai    
  AD 990-1227 XI XIA state Tangut Tibetan    
  4TH UNIFICATION AD 960-1126 Northern SONG dynasty      
  AD 1127-1279 Southern SONG dynasty      
  AD 1115-1234 JIN dynasty Jurchen Tartar    
  AD 1260-1368 YUAN dynasty Mongol    
  AD 1368-1644 MING dynasty      
  AD 1644-1911 QING dynasty Manchu    
  AD 1912 Republic      

 

 

 
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