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	China History Timeline
\| Last update on 24 Oct 2005 \|

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Dates	Dynasty
ca. 2000-1500 B.C.	Xia
1700-1027 B.C.	Shang
1027-771 B.C.	Western Zhou
770-221 B.C.	Eastern Zhou
	770-476 B.C. -- Spring and Autumn period
	475-221 B.C. -- Warring States period
221-207 B.C.	Qin
206 B.C.-A.D. 9	Western Han
A.D. 9-24	Xin (Wang Mang interregnum)
A.D. 25-220	Eastern Han
A.D. 220-280	Three Kingdoms
	220-265 -- Wei
	221-263 -- Shu
	229-280 -- Wu
A.D. 265-316	Western Jin
A.D. 317-420	Eastern Jin
A.D. 420-588	Southern and Northern Dynasties
	420-588	Southern Dynasties
		420-478 -- Song
		479-501 -- Qi
		502-556 -- Liang
		557-588 -- Chen
	386-588	Northern Dynasties
		386-533 -- Northern Wei
		534-549 -- Eastern Wei
		535-557 -- Western Wei
		550-577 -- Northern Qi
		557-588 -- Northern Zhou
A.D. 581-617	Sui
A.D. 618-907	Tang
A.D. 907-960	Five Dynasties
	907-923 -- Later Liang
	923-936 -- Later Tang
	936-946 -- Later Jin
	947-950 -- Later Han
	951-960 -- Later Zhou
A.D. 907-979	Ten Kingdoms
A.D. 960-1279	Song
	960-1127 -- Northern Song
	1127-1279 -- Southern Song
A.D. 916-1125	Liao
A.D. 1038-1227	Western Xia
A.D. 1115-1234	Jin
A.D. 1279-1368	Yuan
A.D. 1368-1644	Ming
A.D. 1644-1911	Qing
A.D. 1911-1949	Republic of China (in mainland China)
A.D. 1949-	Republic of China (in Taiwan)
A.D. 1949-	People's Republic of China