Chinese Dynasties

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Xia Dynasty: 2100-1600 BCE
Shang Dynasty: 1600-1027 BCE
Western Zhou Dynasty: 1027-771 BCE
Eastern Zhou Dynasty: 770-256 BCE
Spring & Autumn Period: 772-476 BCE
Warring States Period: 475-221 BCE
Qin Dynasty: 227-206 BCE
Han Dynasty: 206 BC-220 AD
Western Han Dynasty: 206 BC-24 AD
Eastern Han Dynasty: 24-220 AD
Disunity and Partition: 220-581 AD
Sui Dynasty: 581-618 AD
Tang Dynasty: 618-907 AD
Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms: 907-960 AD
Song Dynasty: 960-1279 AD
Northern Song Dynasty: 960-1127 AD
Southern Song Dynasty: 1127-1279 AD
Yuan Dynasty: 1279-1368 AD
Ming Dynasty: 1368-1644 AD
Qing Dynasty: 1644-1912 AD
The Republic of China: 1911-1949 AD
People's Republic of China: from 1949 AD

China has a history of more than 4,000 years. Each period during this long history has its own series of dynastic rulers.

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