title | The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Empire |
Approx. 3000 BC |
Ancient Times |
Approx. 2033 BC | |
Approx. 2033 BC | Xia Dynasty |
Approx. 1562 BC |
Before 1562 | Merchant |
Before 1066 |
Before 1066 | Western Zhou | |
770 BC |
Spring and Autumn Period |
Eastern Zhou 256 BC |
476 BC | ||
475 BC | Warring States | |
221 BC |
221 BC | Qin Dynasty |
206 BC |
206 BC | Western Chu | 206 BC |
Before.202 |
Before.202 | Western Han |
8 |
8 | Xīn |
23 |
304 | 316 |
439 | Sixteen Kingdoms |
439 |
Northern and Southern Dynasties |
581 |
581 | Sui Dynasty |
618 |
618 | Tang |
907 |
907 | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms |
960 | 979 |
1127 | Northern Song Dynasty |
Liao, Southern Song, Jin, Western Xia |
1271 | Yuan |
1368 |
1368 | Ming |
1644 |
1644 | Qing |
1912 |
Historical Dynasties SongTang Yao, Yu Shun, Xia, Shang, Zhou Spring and Autumn, Warring States, chaos continuesQin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin unites, Southern and Northern Dynasties are rivalsSui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, emperors rest |