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Brief Chronology of Chinese History
This table include Chinese dynasties with a written history (i.e. events
recorded in characters and words as they happened), but the Chinese
civilization dates back far beyond 3000 years.
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Xia Dynasty
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2070-1600 B.C. |
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Shang Dynasty
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1600-1046 B.C. |
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Zhou Dynasty
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Western Zhou
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1046-771 B.C. |
Eastern Zhou
Spring and Autumn Period
Warring States Period
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770-256 B.C.
770-476 B.C.
475-221 B.C.
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| Qin Dynasty |
221-206 B.C. |
| Han Dynasty |
Western Han |
206 B.C.-A.D. 25 |
| Eastern Han |
25-220 |
| Three Kingdoms |
Wei |
220-265 |
| Shu Han |
221-263 |
| Wu |
222-280 |
| Western Jin Dynasty |
265-317 |
| Eastern Jin Dynasty |
317-420 |
| Northern and Southern Dynasties |
Southern Dynasties |
Song |
420-479 |
| Qi |
479-502 |
| Liang |
502-557 |
| Chen |
557-589 |
| Northern Dynasties |
Northern Wei |
386-534 |
| Eastern Wei |
534-550 |
| Northern Qi |
550-577 |
| Western Wei |
535-556 |
| Northern Zhou |
557-581 |
| Sui Dynasty |
581-618 |
| Tang Dynasty |
618-907 |
| Five Dynasties |
Later Liang |
907-923 |
| Later Tang |
923-936 |
| Later Jin |
936-947 |
| Later Han |
947-950 |
| Later Zhou |
951-960 |
| Song Dynasty |
Northern Song |
960-1127 |
| Southern Song |
1127-1279 |
| Liao Dynasty |
907-1125 |
| Jin Dynasty |
1115-1234 |
| Yuan Dynasty |
1206-1368 |
| Ming Dynasty |
1368-1644 |
| Qing Dynasty |
1616-1911 |
| Republic of China |
1912-19491 |
| People's Republic of China |
1949- |
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1 The Republic of China (ROC) government retreated to Taiwan
in 1949 and was officially replaced by the People's Republic of China (PRC),
which is recongnized by most countries in the world as the sole representitive
of whole China (Taiwan included).
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