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Chronology of Dynastic China

ca. 2100-ca. 1600 B.C. Hsai Dynasty (unconfirmed)  
ca. 1600-ca. 1100 B.C. Shang Dynasty  
ca. 100-256 B.C. Chou Dynasty
  • Western Chou
  • Eastern Chou
    ·  Spring and Autumn Period
    ·  Warring-States Period
  
 
ca. 1100-771 B.C.
770-256 B.C.
770-481 B.C.
481-221 B.C.
 
221-206 B.C. Ch'in Dynasty  
206 B.C.-A.D. 220 Han Dynasty
  • Western (Former) Han
  • Wang Mang Interregnum
  • Eastern (Later) Han
 
 
206 B.C.-A.D. 9
9-25
25-220
 
220-589 Six Dynasties
  • Three Kingdoms
  • Western Chin Dynasties
  • Southern Dynasties
  • Northern Dynasties
  
 
220-265
265-317
317-589
386-581
 
581-618 Sui Dynasty  
618-907 T'and Dynasty  
907-960 Five Dynasties  
916-1125 Liao Dynasty  
960-1279 Sung Dynasty
  • Northern Sung
  • Southern Sung
  
 
960-1127
1127-1279
 
1115-1234 Chin Dynasty  
1272-1368 Yüan Dynasty  
1368-1644 Ming Dynasty  
1644-1911 Ch'ing Dynasty  

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