History Timeline
NOTE: Clicking on the Chinese characters for each of the dynasty will bring up a list of the emperors (in Chinese) for each of the respective dynasty. However, not every dynasty will have a link. For those who has can read Chinese, I highly recommend Seke Wei's excellent Era and Timeline of Chinese History.
| Dates | Dynasty | 朝代 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ca. 2000-1500 B.C. | Xia | 夏 | |
| 1700-1027 B.C. | Shang | 商 | |
| 1027-771 B.C. | Western Zhou | 西周 | |
| 770-221 B.C. | Eastern Zhou | 东周 | |
| 770-476 B.C. -- Spring and Autumn period | 春秋时代 | ||
| 475-221 B.C. -- Warring States period | 战国时代 | ||
| 221-207 B.C. | Qin | 秦 | |
| 206 B.C.-A.D. 9 | Western Han | 西汉 | |
| A.D. 9-24 | Xin (Wang Mang interregnum) | 新 | |
| A.D. 25-220 | Eastern Han | 东汉 | |
| A.D. 220-280 | Three Kingdoms | 三国 | |
| 220-265 -- Wei | 魏 | ||
| 221-263 -- Shu | 蜀 | ||
| 229-280 -- Wu | 吴 | ||
| A.D. 265-316 | Western Jin | 西晋 | |
| A.D. 317-420 | Eastern Jin | 东晋 | |
| A.D. 420-588 | Southern and Northern Dynasties | 南北朝 | |
| 420-588 | Southern Dynasties | 南朝 | |
| 420-478 -- Song | 宋 | ||
| 479-501 -- Qi | 齐 | ||
| 502-556 -- Liang | 梁 | ||
| 557-588 -- Chen | 陈 | ||
| 386-588 | Northern Dynasties | 北朝 | |
| 386-533 -- Northern Wei | 北魏 | ||
| 534-549 -- Eastern Wei | 东魏 | ||
| 535-557 -- Western Wei | 西魏 | ||
| 550-577 -- Northern Qi | 北齐 | ||
| 557-588 -- Northern Zhou | 北周 | ||
| A.D. 581-617 | Sui | 隋 | |
| A.D. 618-907 | Tang | 唐 | |
| A.D. 907-960 | Five Dynasties | 五代 | |
| 907-923 -- Later Liang | 后梁 | ||
| 923-936 -- Later Tang | 后唐 | ||
| 936-946 -- Later Jin | 后晋 | ||
| 947-950 -- Later Han | 后汉 | ||
| 951-960 -- Later Zhou | 后周 | ||
| A.D. 907-979 | Ten Kingdoms | 十国 | |
| A.D. 960-1279 | Song | 宋 | |
| 960-1127 -- Northern Song | 北宋 | ||
| 1127-1279 -- Southern Song | 南宋 | ||
| A.D. 916-1125 | Liao | 辽 | |
| A.D. 1038-1227 | Western Xia | 西夏 | |
| A.D. 1115-1234 | Jin | 金 | |
| A.D. 1279-1368 | Yuan | 元 | |
| A.D. 1368-1644 | Ming | 明 | |
| A.D. 1644-1911 | Qing | 清 | |
| A.D. 1911-1949 | Republic of China (in mainland China) | 中华民国 | |
| A.D. 1949- | Republic of China (in Taiwan) | ||
| A.D. 1949- | People's Republic of China | 中华人民共和国 |
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