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Chronology
NEOLITHIC PERIOD CA. 7000-CA. 2000 BCE (CA. 5000-CA. 3OOO BCE}
{CA. 3600-CA. 2000 BCE}
YANGSHAO CULTURE (north central China) {CA. 360O-CA. 2000 BCE}
HONGSHAN CULTURE (northeastern China) (CA. 3000-CA. 1700 BCE}
LIANGZHU CULTURE (southeastern China)
LONGSHAN CULTURE (eastern China)
EARLY DYNASTIC CHINA
PERIODXI A (protohistoric) {CA. 2I00-CA. 1600 BCE}
SHANG PERIOD {CA. l600-CA. 1100 BCE}
ZHOU PERIOD {CA. IIOO-256 BCE}
CA. IIOO-77I BCE
Western Zhou 770-256 BCE
Eastern Zhou 770-476 BCE
475—221 BCE
Spring and Autumn period
Warring States period
DYNASTIC CHINA
QIN DYNASTY {221-207 bce}
HAN DYNASTY {206 BCE-220 CE}
Western Han 206 BCE-8 CE
Xin (Wang Mang usurpation) 9-23
Eastern Han 25—220
PERIOD OF DISUNITY 120-589}
Three Kingdoms 220-280
220-265
Wei 221-263
222—280
Shu Han 265-316
Wu
Western Jm 222-280
317-420
Southern dynasties (Six Dynasties) 420-479
479-502
KWu (southernmost qfTIiree ngdoms) 502-557
557-589
Eastern Jin
Liu Song 304-439
386-534
Southern Qi 534-550
Liang 535-557
Chen 550-577
557-58i
Northern dynasties 581-589
Sixteen Kingdoms
Northern Wei
Eastern Wei
Western Wei
Northern Qi
Northern Zhoi 1
*Sui
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