Dynasty	Date
Xia	2070-1600 BC
Shang	1600-1046 BC
Western Zhou	1046-771 BC
Eastern Zhou
Spring and Autumn Period	770-476 BC
Warring States Period	475-221 BC
Qin	221-206 BC
Western Han	206 BC-AD 25
Eastern Han	25-220
Three Kingdoms (Wei, Shu and Wu)	220-280
Western Jin	265-317
Eastern Jin	317-420
Southern and Northern Dynasties	420-589
Sui	581-618
Tang	618-907
Five Dynasties	907-960
Northern Song	960-1127
Southern Song	1127-1279
Yuan	1271-1368
Ming	1368-1644
Qing	1644-1911