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Chronology of Chinese dynasties & History

June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Below is very short but useful post reprinted from Wikipedia time-lining the various Chinese Dynasties (Click on H for the history of the dynasty, and E for a table of its emperors (or other rulers).

timeline of chinese history and dynasties

timeline of chinese history and dynasties

timeline of chinese history and dynasties

Dynasty Chinese Pinyin Links Period years
Three Sovereign Ones and the Five Emperors 三皇五帝 sān huáng wǔ dì (H – E) before 2070 BC 628+
Xià Dynasty 夏 xià (H – E) 2100 BC — 1600 BC 470
Shang Dynasty 商 shāng (H – E) 1600 BC — 1046 BC 554
Western Zhou Dynasty 西周 xī zhōu (H – E) 1046 BC — 771 BC 275
Eastern Zhou Dynasty
Traditionally divided into
Spring and Autumn Period
Warring States Period		 東周春秋
戰國		 dōng zhōu
chūn qiū
zhàn guó		 (H – E)(H – E)
(H – E)		 770 BC — 256 BC722 BC — 476 BC
475 BC — 221 BC		 514246
254
Qin Dynasty 秦 qín (H – E) 221 BC — 206 BC 15
Western Han Dynasty 西漢 xī hàn (H – E) 206 BC — AD 9 215
Xin Dynasty 新 xīn (H – E) 9 — 23 14
Eastern Han Dynasty 東漢 dōng hàn (H – E) 25 — 220 195
Three Kingdoms 三國 sān guó (H – E) 220 — 265 45
Western Jin Dynasty 西晉 xī jìn (H – E) 265 — 317 52
Eastern Jin Dynasty 東晉 dōng jìn (H – E) 317 — 420 103
Southern and Northern Dynasties 南北朝 nán běi cháo (H – E) 420 — 589 169
Sui Dynasty 隋 suí (H – E) 581 – 618 37
Tang Dynasty 唐 táng (H – E) 618 — 907 289
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 wǔ dài shí guó (H – E) 907 — 960 53
Northern Song Dynasty 北宋 běi sòng (H – E) 960 — 1127 167
Southern Song Dynasty 南宋 nán sòng (H – E) 1127 — 1279 152
Liao Dynasty 遼 liáo (H – E) 916 — 1125 209
Jin Dynasty 金 jīn (H – E) 1115 — 1234 119
Yuan Dynasty 元 yuán (H – E) 1271 — 1368 97
Ming Dynasty 明 míng (H – E) 1368 — 1644 276
Shun Dynasty 順 shùn (H – E) 1644 <1
Qing Dynasty 清 qīng (H – E) 1644 — 1912 268

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