CHRONOLOGY OF CHINA
- Neolithic Period
- circa 6000 – 1600 B.C.E.
- Xia Dynasty
- 21st – 16th century B.C.E.
- Shang Dynasty
- 16th – 11th century B.C.E.
- Zhou Dynasty
- 11th century – 256 B.C.E.
- Western Zhou
- 11th century – 771 B.C.E.
- Eastern Zhou
- 770 – 221 B.C.E.
- Spring and Autumn Period
- 770 – 476 B.C.E.
- Warring States Period
- 475 – 221 B.C.E.
- Qin Dynasty
- 221 – 206 B.C.E.
- Han Dynasty
- 206 B.C.E. – 220 C.E.
- Western Han
- 206 B.C.E. – 8 C.E.
- Xin (Wang Mang)
- 9 – 24 C.E.
- Eastern Han
- 25 – 220 C.E.
- Three Kingdoms
- 220 – 280 C.E.
- Wei
- 220 – 265 C.E.
- Shu
- 221 – 263 C.E.
- Wu
- 220 – 280 C.E.
- Western Jin
- 265 – 317 C.E.
- Eastern Jin
- 317 – 420 C.E.
- Six Dynasties
- 420 – 589 C.E.
- Southern Dynasties
- 420 – 589 C.E.
- Song
- 420 – 479 C.E.
- Southern Qi
- 479 – 502 C.E.
- Liang
- 502 – 557 C.E.
- Chen
- 557 – 587 C.E.
- Northern Dynasties
- 386 – 581 C.E.
- Northern Wei
- 386 – 535 C.E.
- Eastern Wei
- 535 – 557 C.E.
- Western Wei
- 535 – 557 C.E.
- Northern Qi
- 550 – 557 C.E.
- Northern Zhou
- 557 – 581 C.E.
- Sui Dynasty
- 581 – 618 C.E.
- Tang Dynasty
- 618 – 907 C.E.
- Five Dynasties
- 907 – 960 C.E.
- Liao Dynasty (Khitan)
- 916 – 1125 C.E.
- Song Dynasty
- 960 – 1279 C.E.
- Northern Song
- 960 – 1127 C.E.
- Southern Song
- 1127 – 1279 C.E.
- Jin Dynasty (Jurchen)
- 1115 – 1234 C.E.
- Yuan Dynasty (Mongol)
- 1271 – 1368 C.E.
- Ming Dynasty
- 1368 – 1644 C.E.
- Qing Dynasty (Manchu)
- 1644 – 1911 C.E.
- Republic of China
- 1911 – 1949 C.E.
- People’s Republic
- 1949 C.E. –
Map 1. China’s Administrative Districts