Chinese History
- A Brief Chinese Chronology
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A Brief Chinese Chronology
| Xia Dynasty | c. 21st ¨C 17th Century B.C. |
| Shang Dynasty | c. 17th ¨C 11th Century B.C. | |
| Zhou Dynasty | c. 11th Century ¨C 256 B.C. | |
| -Western Zhou Dynasty | c. 11th Century ¨C 771 B.C. | |
| -Eastern Zhou Dynasty | 770 B.C. ¨C 256 B.C. | |
| -Spring & Autumn Period | 770 B.C. ¨C 476 B.C. | |
| -Warring States | 475 B.C. ¨C 221 B.C. | |
| Qin Dynasty | 221 B.C. ¨C 206 B.C. | |
| Han Dynasty | 206 B.C. ¨C A.D. 220 | |
| -Western Han | 206 B.C. ¨C A.D. 25 | |
| -Eastern Han | 25 ¨C 220 | |
| Three Kingdoms | 220 ¨C 280 | |
| -Wei | 220 ¨C 265 | |
| -Shu Han | 221 ¨C 263 | |
| -Wu | 222 ¨C 280 | |
| Jin Dynasties | 265 ¨C 420 | |
| -Western Jin Dynasty | 265 ¨C 317 | |
| -Eastern Jin Dynasty | 317 ¨C 420 | |
| Northern & Southern Dynasties Southern Dynasties | 420 ¨C 589 | |
| -Song | 420 ¨C 479 | |
| -Qi | 479 ¨C 502 | |
| -Liang | 502 ¨C 557 | |
| -Chen | 557 ¨C 589 | |
| Northern Dynasties | ||
| -Northern Wei | 386 ¨C 534 | |
| -Eastern Wei | 534 ¨C 550 | |
| -Northern Qi | 550 ¨C 577 | |
| -Western Wei | 535 ¨C 556 | |
| -Northern Zhou | 557 ¨C 581 | |
| Sui Dynasty | 581 ¨C 618 | |
| Tang Dynasty | 618 ¨C 907 | |
| Five Dynasties | 907 ¨C 960 | |
| -Later Liang | 907 ¨C 923 | |
| -Later Tang | 923 ¨C 936 | |
| -Later Jin | 936 ¨C 947 | |
| -Later Han | 947 ¨C 950 | |
| -Later Zhou | 951 ¨C 960 | |
| Song Dynasty | 960 ¨C 1279 | |
| -Northern Song Dynasty | 960 ¨C 1127 | |
| -Southern Song Dynasty | 1127 ¨C 1279 | |
| Liao Dynasty | 907 ¨C 1125 | |
| Jin Dynasty | 1115 ¨C 1234 | |
| Yuan Dynasty | 1206 ¨C 1368 | |
| Ming Dynasty | 1368 ¨C 1644 | |
| Qing Dynasty | 1616 ¨C 1911 | |
| Republic of China | 1912 ¨C 1949 | |
| People¡¯s Republic of China | Founded in 1949 |
