Page 28 - A Re-examination of Late Qing Dynasty Porcelain, 1850-1920 THESIS

CHRONOLOGY

c. 10,000 – c. 2100 BCE Neolithic Period

c. 2100 – c. 1600 BCE Xia Dynasty

c. 1600 – c. 1100 BCE Shang Dynasty

c. 1100 – 256 BCE Zhou Dynasty

Western Zhou c. 1100 – 771 BCE

Eastern Zhou c. 770 – 256 BCE

Spring and Autumn Period 770 – 476 BCE

Warring States Period 476 – 221 BCE

221 – 206 BCE Qin Dynasty

206 BCE – 220 CE Han Dynasty

220 – 265 Three Kingdoms

265 – 420 Jin Dynasty

Western Jin 265 – 317

Eastern Jin 317 – 420

317 – 589 Southern Dynasties

386 – 581 Northern Dynasties

581 – 618 Sui Dynasty

618 – 907 Tang Dynasty

907 – 960 Five Dynasties

907 – 979 Ten Kingdoms

907 – 1125 Liao Dynasty

960 – 1279 Song Dynasty

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