Brief Outline of Chinese History
Early China: 5000-221 BC
5000 - 2700 BC: Yangshao culture
3500-2000 BC: Longsham culture
2205-1818 BC: Xia dynasty
1523-1027 BC: Shang dynasty
1027-771 BC: Zhou dynasty
770-256 BC: Later Zhou
403-221BC: Warring States Period
Early Imperial China: 221 BC-AD 316
221-207 BC: Qin dynasty
206 BC- AD 9: Former Han Dynasty
AD 25--220: Later Han dynasty
220-265: Three Kingdoms Period
265-316: Western Qin dynasty
Classical Imperial China
581-618: Sui dynasty
618-907: T'ang dynasty
907-960: Collapse of Central Government
960-1126: Northern Song dynasty
1127-1279: Southern Song dynasty
Later Imperial China
1280-1367: Yuan dynasty
1368-1644: Ming dynasty
1644-1911: Qing (Manchu) dynasty
Post-Imperial China: 1911 - present
1911-1949: The Republic of China
1949- The People's Republic of China