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Timeline	Dynasties
1,000,000 - 10,000 B.C.	Paleolithic Period
10,000 - ca, 2100 B.C	Neolithic Period Xia Dynasty ca. 2100 - ca. 1600 B.C.
ca. 1600 - ca. 1100 B.C.	Shang Dynasty
ca. 1100 - 256 B.C.	Zhou Dynasty Western Zhou ca. 1100 - 771 B.C. Eastern Zhou ca. 770 -256 B.C. Spring and Autumn Period 770 - 476 B.C. Warring States Period 476 - 221 B.C.
221 - 206 B.C.	Qin Dynasty
206 B.C. - A.D. 220	Han Dynasty Western Han Dynasty 206 B.C. - A.D. 9 Xin Dynasty 9 - 23 Eastern Han Dynasty 25 - 220
220 - 265	Three Kingdoms Wei 220 - 265 Shu 221 - 263 Wu 222 - 280
265 - 420	Jin Dynasty*
317 - 589	Southern Dynasties* Liu Song 421 - 479 Southern Qi 479 - 502 Liang 502 - 537 Chen 557 -589
386 - 581	Northern Dynasties* Northern Wei 386 - 535 Eastern Wei 534 - 550 Western Wei 535 - 556 Northern Qi 550 - 577 Northern Zhou 557 - 581
581 - 618	Sui Dynasties
618 - 907	Tang Dynasty (Wu Zetian Interregnum) 684-705
907 - 960	Fives Dynasties (in the north) Later Liang 907 -923, Later Tang 923-936, Later Jin 936 - 946, Later Han 947 - 950, Later Zhou 951 -960
907 - 979	Ten Kingdoms (in the south) Shu 907-925, Later Shu 934 -965, Nanping or Jingnan 907-963, Chu 902-937, Southern Tang 937-975, Wu-Yue 907-978, Min 907-946, Southern Han 907-971, Northern Han 951-979
907 - 1125	Liao Dynasty
960 - 1279	Song Dynasty Northern Song 960 - 1127 Southern Song 1127 - 1279
1115 - 1234	Jin Dynasty
1271 - 1368	Yuan Dynasty
1368 - 1644	Ming Dynasty
1644 - 1911	Qing Dynasty
1912 -	Republic
1949 -	People's Republic

* The Western and Eastern Jin dynasties together with the Southern Dynasties are frequently referred to as the Six Dynasties.