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CHINESE HISTORICAL PERIODS AND DYNASTIES

Palaeolithic Period Western Jin Dynasty
c. 1,700,000-8000 BCE 265-316 CE

Neolithic Period-Chalcolithic Period Eastern Jin Dynasty
c. 8000-2000 BCE 317-420 CE

Xia Dynasty Southern and
c. 2ist-i6th century BCE Northern Dynasties
420-589 CE
Shang Dynasty
c. i6th-nth century BCE Sui Dynasty
581-618 CE
Zhou Dynasty
c. nth century-221 (256) BCE Tang Dynasty
618-907 CE
Western Zhou Dynasty
c. nth century-771 BCE Five Dynasties
907-960 CE
Eastern Zhou Dynasty
770-221 (256) BCE Song Dynasty
960-1279 CE
Spring and Autumn Period
770-476 BCE Liao Dynasty
916-1125 CE
Warring States Period
475-221 BCE Jin Dynasty
1115-1234 CE
Qin Dynasty
221-207 BCE Yuan Dynasty
1279-1368 CE
Western Han Dynasty
206 BCE-24 CE Ming Dynasty
1368-1644 CE
Eastern Han Dynasty
25-220 CE Qing Dynasty
1644-1911 CE
Three Kingdoms Period
220-265 CE

Xiaoneng Yang

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