Timeline of Chinese History
Ancient
(pre-history – 771 BC) |
Xia (ca. 2000-1500 BC) | ||
Shang (1700-1027 BC) | |||
Western Zhou (1027-771 BC) | |||
Classical
(770 BC – AD 220) |
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) | ||
Warring States Period (475-221 BC) | |||
Qin (221-207 BC) | |||
Western Han (206 BC-AD 24) | |||
Eastern Han (AD 25-220) | |||
Medieval
(AD 220-960) |
Three Kingdoms (AD 220-280) | ||
Western Jin (AD 265-316) | |||
Eastern Jin (AD 317-420) | |||
Southern and Northern Dynasties (AD 420-588) | |||
Sui (AD 581-617) | |||
Tang (AD 618-907) | |||
Five Dynasties (AD 907-960) | |||
Early Modern
(AD 960-1911) |
Song (AD 960-1279) | ||
Yuan (AD 1279-1368) | |||
Ming (AD 1368-1644) | |||
Qing (AD 1644-1911) | |||
Modern
(AD 1911- present) |
Republic of China (AD 1911-1949) | ||
People’s Republic of China (AD 1949-present) |