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The Chinese were ruled by various dynasties. A dynasty is a time period that is ruled by a specific family. When a new dynasty was to come into power it would overthrow the existing dynasty.
Chinese civilization, as described in mythology, begins with Pangu - sometimes spelled Bangu - the creator of the universe, and a succession of legendary sage-emperors and culture heroes (among them are Huang Di ,
Yao, and Shun) who taught the ancient Chinese to communicate and to find sustenance, clothing, and shelter. |
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China History Dynasty |
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| ca. 2000-1500 B.C. | Xia | |
| 1700-1027 B.C. | Shang | |
| 1027-771 B.C. | Western Zhou | |
| 770-221 B.C. | Eastern Zhou | |
| 770-476 B.C. -- Spring and Autumn period | ||
| 475-221 B.C. -- Warring States period | ||
| 221-207 B.C. | Qin | |
| 206 B.C.-A.D. 9 | Western Han | |
| A.D. 9-24 | Xin (Wang Mang interregnum) | |
| A.D. 25-220 | Eastern Han | |
| A.D. 220-280 | Three Kingdoms | |
| 220-265 -- Wei | ||
| 221-263 -- Shu | ||
| 229-280 -- Wu | ||
| A.D. 265-316 | Western Jin | |
| A.D. 317-420 | Eastern Jin | |
| A.D. 420-588 | Southern and Northern Dynasties | |
| 420-588 | Southern Dynasties | |
| 420-478 -- Song | ||
| 479-501 -- Qi | ||
| 502-556 -- Liang | ||
| 557-588 -- Chen | ||
| 386-588 | Northern Dynasties | |
| 386-533 -- Northern Wei | ||
| 534-549 -- Eastern Wei | ||
| 535-557 -- Western Wei | ||
| 550-577 -- Northern Qi | ||
| 557-588 -- Northern Zhou | ||
| A.D. 581-617 | Sui | |
| A.D. 618-907 | Tang | |
| A.D. 907-960 | Five Dynasties | |
| 907-923 -- Later Liang | ||
| 923-936 -- Later Tang | ||
| 936-946 -- Later Jin | ||
| 947-950 -- Later Han | ||
| 951-960 -- Later Zhou | ||
| A.D. 907-979 | Ten Kingdoms | |
| A.D. 960-1279 | Song | |
| 960-1127 -- Northern Song | ||
| 1127-1279 -- Southern Song | ||
| A.D. 916-1125 | Liao | |
| A.D. 1038-1227 | Western Xia | |
| A.D. 1115-1234 | Jin | |
| A.D. 1279-1368 | Yuan | |
| A.D. 1368-1644 | Ming | |
| A.D. 1644-1911 | Qing | |
| A.D. 1911-1949 | Republic of China (in mainland China) | |
| A.D. 1949- | Republic of China (in Taiwan) | |
| A.D. 1949- | People's Republic of China | |