As one of the four cradles of the world’s earliest civilizations, China has a recorded history of nearly 4,000 years. The whole history is divided into four stages, namely the Primitive Society, the Slave Society, the Feudal Imperial Society and the Modern Period. There were many dynasties in ancient China. Following is a chronological table of Chinese history.
| Dynasty | Era |
| Emperor Huang and Emperor Yan | 3000---2100 B.C. |
| King Yao | |
| King Shun | |
| King Yu | |
| The Xia Dynasty | 2100---1600 B.C. |
| The Shang Dynasty | 1600---1100 B.C. |
The Zhou Dynasty | The Western Zhou Dynasty 1100---771 B.C. |
| The Eastern Zhou Dynasty 770-256 B.C. | |
| The Spring and Autumn Period 770---476 B.C. | |
| The Warring States Period 476---221 B.C. | |
| The Qin Dynasty | 221---206 B.C. |
The Han Dynasty | The Western Han Dynasty 206 B.C.---8 A.D. |
| The Eastern Han Dynasty 25---220 | |
The Three Kingdoms Period | The Kingdom of Wei 220---265 |
| The Kingdom of Shu Han 221---263 | |
| The Kingdom of Wu 222---280 | |
The Jin Dynasty | The Western Jin Dynasty 265---316 |
| The Eastern Jin Dynasty 317---420 | |
The Southern Dynasties | The Kingdom of Liu Song 420---479 |
| The Kingdom of Qi 479---502 | |
| The Kingdom of Liang 502---557 | |
| The Kingdom of Chen 557---589 | |
The Northern Dynasties | The Northern Wei Kingdom 386-534 |
| The Eastern Wei Kingdom 534---550 | |
| The Northern Qi Kingdom 550---577 | |
| The Western Wei Kingdom 535---556 | |
| The Northern Zhou Kingdom 557---581 | |
| The Sui Dynasty | 581---618 |
| The Tang Dynasty | 618---907 |
The Five Dynasties | The Later Liang Kingdom 907---923 |
| The Later Tang Kingdom 923---936 | |
| The Later Jin Kingdom 936---946 | |
| The Later Han Kingdom 947---950 | |
| The Later Zhou Kingdom 951---960 | |
The Song Dynasty | The Northern Song Dynasty 960---1127 |
| The Southern Song Dynasty 1127---1279 | |
| The Kingdom of Liao 916---1125 | |
| The Western Xia Kingdom 1038---1227 | |
| The Jurchen's Jin Kingdom 1115---1234 | |
| The Yuan Dynasty | 1271---1368 |
| The Ming Dynasty | 1368---1644 |
| The Qing Dynasty | 1644---1911 |
| The Republic of China | 1912---1949 |
| The People's Republic of China | Established in 1949 |
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Author: Tina Luo
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