Chinese Dynasties	Period
Prehistoric Times	1.7 million years - the 21st century BC
Xia Dynasty	21st - 16th century BC
Shang Dynasty	16th - 11th century BC
Zhou Dynasty	Western Zhou (11th century BC - 711 BC)
	Eastern Zhou ---- Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC) ---- Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC)
Qin Dynasty	221 BC - 206 BC
Han Dynasty	Western Han (206 BC - 24 AD)
	Eastern Han (25 - 220)
Three Kingdoms Period	220 - 280
Jin Dynasty	Western Jin (265 - 316)
	Eastern Jin (317 - 420)
Northern and Southern Dynasties	Northern Dynasties (386 - 581)
	Southern Dynasties (420 - 589)
Sui Dynasty	581 - 618
Tang Dynasty	618 - 907
Five Dynasties and Ten States	Five Dynasties ---- Later Liang (907 - 923) ---- Later Tang (923 - 936) ---- Later Jin (936 - 946) ---- Later Han (947 - 951) ---- Later Zhou (951 - 960)
	Ten States (902 - 945)
Song Dynasty	Northern Song (960 - 1127)
	Southern Song (1127 - 1279)
Liao Dynasty	916 --- 1125
Jin Dynasty	1115 --- 1234
Yuan Dynasty	1271 --- 1368
Ming Dynasty	1368 --- 1644
Qing Dynasty	1644 --- 1911