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CHINESE HISTORY - TIMELINE

Dates:
Dynasty
ca. 2000-1500 B.C.
Xia
1700-1027 B.C.
Shang
1027-771 B.C.
Western Zhou
770-221 B.C.
Eastern Zhou
770-476 B.C. -- Spring and Autumn period
475-221 B.C. -- Warring States period
221-207 B.C.
Qin
206 B.C.-A.D. 9
Western Han
A.D. 9-24
Xin (Wang Mang interregnum)
A.D. 25-220
Eastern Han
A.D. 220-280
Three Kingdoms
220-265 -- Wei
221-263 -- Shu
229-280 -- Wu
A.D. 265-316
Western Jin
A.D. 317-420
Eastern Jin
A.D. 420-588
Southern and Northern Dynasties
   
420-588
Southern Dynasties
420-478 -- Song
479-501 -- Qi
502-556 -- Liang
557-588 -- Chen
   
386-588
Northern Dynasties
386-533 -- Northern Wei
534-549 -- Eastern Wei
535-557 -- Western Wei
550-577 -- Northern Qi
557-588 -- Northern Zhou
A.D. 581-617
Sui
A.D. 618-907
Tang
A.D. 907-960
Five Dynasties
907-923 -- Later Liang
923-936 -- Later Tang
936-946 -- Later Jin
947-950 -- Later Han
951-960 -- Later Zhou
A.D. 907-979
Ten Kingdoms
A.D. 960-1279
Song
960-1127 -- Northern Song
1127-1279 -- Southern Song
A.D. 916-1125
Liao
A.D. 1038-1227
Western Xia
A.D. 1115-1234
Jin
A.D. 1279-1368
Yuan
A.D. 1368-1644
Ming
A.D. 1644-1911
Qing
A.D. 1911-1949
Republic of China (in mainland China)
A.D. 1949-
Republic of China (in Taiwan)
A.D. 1949-
People's Republic of China

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