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Early Historical Dynasties
Neolithic circa 7000 - 1600 BC
Shang circa 1600 - 1027 BC
Zhou 1027 - 256 BC
Western Zhou 1027 - 771 BC
Eastern Zhou
...Spring and Autumn period
...Warring states period		 770 - 256 BC
770 - 476 BC
475 - 221 BC
Imperial Dynasties
Qin 221-206 BC
Han
...Western (early) Han
...Xin dynasty (Wang Mang interregnum)
...Eastern (later) 		206 BC - AD 220
206 BC - AD 8
AD 9 - 23
Han 25 - 220
Wei-jin period
...Three Kingdoms
......Wei
......Shu
......Wu
220 - 265
220 - 265
221 - 263
222 - 280
Jin
...Western Jin
...Eastern Jin
...Sixteen Kingdoms
 265 - 419
265 - 317
317 - 420
304 - 439
Six Dynasties (Southern Dynasties and Sui)
Southern and Northern Dynasties
...Southern Dynasties
......Eastern Jin
......Former Song (Liu)
......Southern Qi
......Southern Liang
......Southern Chen
...Northern Dynasties
......Northern Wei
......Eastern Wei
......Western Wei
......Northern Qi
......Northern Zhou
 317 - 618


317 - 420
420 - 479
479 - 502
502 - 557
557 - 569

386 - 535
534 - 550
535 - 556
550 - 577
557 - 581
Sui 581 - 618
Tang 618 - 906
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
...Five Dynasties
......Later Liang
......Later Tang
......Later Jin
......Later Han
...Ten Kingdoms
907 - 960
907 - 923
923 - 936
936 - 947
947 - 950
902 - 979
Song
...Northern Song
...Southern Song
 960 - 1279
960 - 1127
1127 - 1279
Liao 907 - 1125
Xixia 1032 - 1227
Jin 1115 - 1234
Yuan 1279 - 1368
Ming
...Hongwu
...Jianwen
...Yongle
...Xuande
...Zhengtong
...Jingtai
...Tianshun
...Chenghua
...Hongzhi
...Zhengde
...Jiajing
...Longqing
...Wanli
...Tianqi
...Chongzhen
 1368 - 1644
1368 - 1398
1399 - 1402
1403 - 1425
1426 - 1435
1436 - 1449
1450 - 1456
1457 - 1464
1465 - 1487
1488 - 1505
1506 - 1521
1522 - 1566
1567 - 1572
1573 - 1620
1621 - 1627
1628 - 1644
Qing
...Shunzhi
...Kangxi
...Yongzheng
...Qianlong
...Jiaqing
...Daoguang
...Xianfeng
...Tongzhi
...Guangxu
...Xuantong
 1644 - 1911
1644 - 1661
1662 - 1722
1723 - 1735
1736 - 1795
1796 - 1820
1821 - 1850
1851 - 1861
1862 - 1874
1875 - 1908
1909 - 1911