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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



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