CHRONOLOGY OF CHINESE DYNASTIES
Xia | ca. 2100–ca. 1600 BCE |
Shang (Yin) | ca. 1600–ca. 1028 BCE |
Zhou | ca. 1027–ca. 256 BCE |
Western Zhou | ca. 1027–771 BCE |
Eastern Zhou | 770–256 BCE |
Spring and Autumn | 770–476 BCE |
Warring States | 475–221 BCE |
Qin | 221–207 BCE |
Han | 206 BCE–220 CE |
Western Han | 206 BCE–8 CE |
Xin | 9–25 |
Eastern Han | 25–220 |
Three Kingdoms | 220–80 |
Wei | 220–65 |
Shu | 221–63 |
Wu | 222–80 |
Six Dynasties (Wu, Eastern Jin, Former Song, Southern Qi, Southern Liang, and Southern Chen) | 222–589 |
Jin | 265–420 |
Western Jin | 265–316 |
Eastern Jin | 317–420 |
Southern and Northern Dynasties | 420–589 |
Southern Dynasties | |
Former Song | 420–79 |
Southern Qi | 479–502 |
Southern Liang | 502–57 |
Southern Chen | 557–89 |
Northern Dynasties | |
Northern Wei | 386–534 |
Eastern Wei | 534–50 |
Western Wei | 535–56 |
Northern Qi | 550–77 |
Northern Zhou | 557–81 |
Sui | 581–618 |
Tang | 618–907 |
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms | 907–79 |
Five Dynasties | |
Later Liang | 907–23 |
Later Tang | 923–36 |
Later Jin | 936–46 |
Later Han | 947–50 |
Later Zhou | 951–60 |
Ten Kingdoms | 907–79 |
Liao (Khitan) | 916–1125 |
Song | 960–1279 |
Northern Song | 960–1126 |
Southern Song | 1127–1279 |
Xixia (Tangut) | 1038–1227 |
Jin (Jurchen) | 1115–1234 |
Yuan (Mongol) | 1260–1368 |
Ming | 1368–1644 |
Qing (Manchu) | 1644–1911 |