CHINESE DYNASTIES
"Better fifty years of Europe Than a cycle of Cathay!" (Lord Tennyson)
Xia
Shang
Western Zhou
Eastern Zhou
Spring and Autumn period Warring States period
Qin
Han.
Three Kingdoms (Wei, Shu, Wu)
Jin.
Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Sui..
c 21st century BC
16th century BC
16th century BC – 11th century BC
c 11th century BC - 770 BC
.770 BC 476 BC
.475 BC – 221 BC
.221 BC - 207 BC
206 BC - 220 AD
220-280
265 - 420
420 - 589
581 - 618
618-907
907 - 979
Tang.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms..
Song.
960 - 1279
Yuan (Mongol) .
1279 - 1368
Ming
1368 - 1644
4
Qing (Manchu)
1644 - 1911