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Chronological Table of Dynasties 1

HSIA ?-?
SHANG C. 1 75O-I O45 B.C.
Western Chou 1 045 -7 1
Eastern Chou 770-256
CHOU 'Spring and Autumn' 1045-256
period 722-481
Warring States period 480-222
ch'in 22I-207
f Former (Western) Han 202 B.C.-,.-A.D.9 1
HAN \ Hsin 9-23 r 202B.C.-A.D. 220
[ Later (Eastern) Han 25-220 J
THREE Shu (Han) 221-263 1
KINGDOMS Wei 220-265 221-265
Wu 222-280 J I
'Chin 265-316
SOUTHERN Eastern Chin 317-420
(Six Liu Sung 420-479
Dynasties) Southern Ch'i 479-502
Liang 502-557
Ch'en 557-587 265-58I
Northern Wei (T'o-pa) 386-535
NORTHERN Eastern Wei (T'o-pa) 534-543
DYNASTIES Western Wei (T'o-pa) 535-554
Northern Ch'i 550-577
Northern Chou (Hsicn-pi) 557-581 )
SUI 581-618
t'ang 618-906
(Later Liang 907-922
]
FIVE Later T'ang (Turkic) 923-936
DYNASTIES Later Chin (Turkic) 936-948 \ 907-96O
Later Han (Turkic) 946-950
Later Chou 951-960
J
Liao (Khitan Tartars) 907-1125
Hsi-hsia (Tangut Tibetan) 990-1227
SUNG {Northern Sung 960-1126 1 960-1279
Southern Sung 1 127-1279 J
Chin (Jurchen Tartars) 1 1 15-1234
YUAN (Mongols) 1 260-1 368
MING 1 368-I644
CH'lNG(Manchus) I644-I912
republic 191 2-1949
people's
republic 1949-
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