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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