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Chinese Chronology

Dynasties			Period
Xia			2205 B.C.-1766 B.C.
Shang			1766 B.C.-1122 B.C.
Zhou	Western Zhou		1122 B.C.-770 B.C.
	Eastern Zhou		770 B.C.-256 B.C.
	Spring & Autumn Annals		770 B.C.-476 B.C.
	Warring States Period		475 B.C.-221 B.C.
Qin			221 B.C.-207 B.C.
Han	Western Han		206 B.C.- 24
	Eastern Han		25-220
Three Kingdoms Period	Wei		220-265
	Shu		221-263
	Wu		222-280
Jin	Western Jin		265-316
	Eastern Jin		317-420
Southern and Northern Dynasties	Southern Dynasty	Song	420-479
		Qi	479-502
		Liang	502-557
		Chen	557-589
	Northern Dynasty	Northern Wei	386-534
		Eastern Wei	534-550
		Northern Qi	550-577
		Western Wei	535-556
		Northern Zhou	557-580
Sui			581-618
Tang			618-907
Five Dynasties	Later Liang		907-923
	Later Tang		923-936
	Later Jin		936-947
	Later Han		947-950
	Later Zhou		951-960
Song	Northern Song		960-1127
	Southern Song		1127-1280
Liao			916-1125
Jin			1115-1234
Yuan			1271-1368
Ming			1368-1644
Qing			1644-1911
Republic of China			1911- 1949
People's Republic of China			1949-