LONG HISTORY OF CHINA DYNASTY

Xia dynasty-----------------around 2100 - 1600 BC
Shang dynasty--------------around 1600 - 1100 BC

Zhou dynasty
Western Zhou --------------around 1100 - 771 BC
Eastern Zhou ---------------770 - 256 BC
Spring and autumn period---770 - 476 BC
Battle period----------------475 - 221 BC

Qin dynasty-----------------221 - 207 BC

Han dynasty
Western Han----------------206 BC - 24
Eastern Han-----------------25 - 220

The three kingdoms
Wei-------------------------220 - 265
Shu Han--------------------221 - 263
Wu-------------------------222 - 280

Western Jin dynasty-------265 - 316
Eastern Jin dynasty--------317 - 420

Northern & Southern Dynasty

a. Southern dynasty
Song--------------------- 420 - 479
Qi----------------------- 479 - 502
Liang--------------------502 - 557
Chen-------------------- 557 - 589

b. Northern dynasty
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

The last Liang dynasty---907 - 923
The last Tang dynasty---923 - 936
The last Jin dynasty-----936 - 946
The last Han dynasty----947 - 950
The last Zhou dynasty---951 - 960

Song dynasty
Northern Song-----------960 - 1127
Southern Song-----------1127 - 1279

Liao dynasty-------------916 - 1125
Jin dynasty--------------1115 - 1234
Yuan dynasty------------1271 - 1368
Ming dynasty------------1368 - 1644
Qing dynasty------------1644 - 1911
China Republik----------1912 - 1949
People Republic of China--1949 - present