Chinese Dynasties and Periods

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Book cover: This Is China: The First 5,000 Years

Berkshire Encyclopedia of China book cover

Neolithic Cultures
5900-1700 BC
- Cishan-Peiligang
  5900-5100
- BeiXin
  5400-4500
- Hemudu
  5000-4800
- Yangshao
  - Banpo
    4800-4200
  - Majiayao
    3300-2000
  - Banshan
    2700-2400
  - Machang
    2400-2000
- Majiabing
  4750-3900
- Dawenkou
  4500-2300
- Shilingxia
  4000-3500
- Daxi
  4000-3300
- Miaodigou
  3900-3500
- Songze
  3900-2700
- Hongshan
  3500-2200
- Qingwangzhai
  3400-3000
- Henan Longshan
  2800-1900
- Qujialing
  2700-2600
- Shixia
  2700-2500
- Liangzhu
  2700-1250
- Shandong Longshan
  2300-1700
- Erlitou
  1900-1600
Xia
2100-1600 BC
Shang
1600-1100 BC
Western Zhou
1100-771 BC
Spring & Autumn
770-476 BC
Warring States
475-221 BC
Qin
221-207BC
Western Han
206BC-24AD
Eastern Han
25-220
Three Kingdoms
221-265
Western Jin
265-316
Eastern Jin
317-420
Northern Dynasties
386-581
Southern Dynasties
420-587
Sui
589-617
Tang
618-906
Five Dynasties
907-959
Liao
907-1125
Northern Song
960-1126
Southern Song
1127-1279
Jin
1115-1234
Yan
1280-1368
Ming
1368-1644
- Hongwu
  1368 - 1399
- Jianwen
  1399 - 1403
- Yongle
  1403 - 1425
- Hongxi
  1425 - 1426
- Xande
  1426 - 1436
- Zhengtong
  1436 - 1450
- Jingtai
  1450 - 1457
- Tianshun
  1457 - 1465
- Chenghua
  1465 - 1488
- Hongzhi
  1488 - 1506
- Zhengde
  1506 - 1522
- Jiajing
  1522 - 1567
- Longqing
  1567 - 1573
- Wanli
  1573 - 1620
- Taichang
  1620 - 1621
- Tianqi
  1621 - 1628
- Chongzhen
  1628 - 1644
Qing
1645-1911
- Shunzi
  1644 - 1662
- Kangxi
  1662 - 1723
- Yongzheng
  1723 - 1736
- Qianlong
  1736 - 1796
- Jiaqing
  1796 - 1821
- Daoguang
  1821 - 1851
- Xianfeng
  1851 - 1862
- Tongzhi
  1862 - 1875
- Guangx?br> 1875 - 1908
- Xiantong
  1908 - 1911

Used to be at http://www.nus.edu.sg/museums/vr/museum/vr2/chronology.htm.
Salvages from Google's cache, November 1, 2004