Chinese Dynasties Reference
Chinese history dynasty timeline lookup, from Xia to Qing.
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Xia Dynasty
Approx. 2070 BC - 1600 BCAbout 470 years🏛️ Capital: Yangcheng et al.👤 Founder: Yu
China's first hereditary dynasty
2
Shang Dynasty
Approx. 1600 BC - 1046 BCAbout 554 years🏛️ Capital: Yin (Anyang)👤 Founder: Soup
Oracle Origins
3
Western Zhou
BCE 1046-771275🏛️ Capital: Pokkyung (Xi 'an)👤 Founder: King Wu of Zhou
Partial envelope system, ritual system
4
Eastern Zhou (Spring and Autumn)
770 BC - 476 BC294🏛️ Capital: Luoyi (Luoyang)👤 Founder: King Ping of Zhou
Feudalists Struggle for Domination
5
Eastern Zhou (Warring States)
475 BCE - 221 BCE254🏛️ Capital: Luoyi (Luoyang)
Seven Male Parallels
6
Qin Dynasty
BCE 221 - BCE 20715 years🏛️ Capital: Xianyang Railway Station👤 Founder: Qin Shi Huang
Unify the six countries, unify weights and measures
7
Western Han
202 BC - 8 AD210 years🏛️ Capital: Chang 'an (Xi 'an)👤 Founder: Liu Bang
THE SILK ROAD
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New Dynasty
8-2315 years🏛️ Capital: CHANGAN👤 Founder: Wang Mang
Wang Mang restructuring
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Han Dynasty#Eastern Han
25-220195🏛️ Capital: Luoyang👤 Founder: Liu Xiu
Guangwu ZTE
10
Three Kingdoms
220-2801960🏛️ Capital: Luoyang/Chengdu/Jianye
Weishu Wu Dingli
11
Western Jin
265-31651🏛️ Capital: Luoyang👤 Founder: Sima Yan
Brief unification
12
East Jin
317-4202014🏛️ Capital: Jiankang (Nanjing)👤 Founder: Sima Rui
Jia 'an Gangnam
13
Nanbei Chao
420-589169Southern Dynasty Song Qiliang Chen, Northern Dynasty Northern Wei, etc.
14
Sui Dynasty
581-61837 years🏛️ Capital: Daxing (Xi 'an)👤 Founder: Yang Jian
Grand Canal, Imperial System
15
Tang Dynasty
618-907289🏛️ Capital: Chang 'an (Xi 'an)👤 Founder: Li Yuan
Governance of Zhen Guan, Kaiyuan Prosperity
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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
907-96053Divide and conquer
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Northern Song
960-1127167🏛️ Capital: Kaifeng👤 Founder: Zhao Kuangyin
Heavyweight, lightweight, movable type printing
18
Southern Song
1127-1279152🏛️ Capital: Lin 'an (Hangzhou)👤 Founder: Zhao Gou
Jia 'an Gangnam
19
Yuan Dynasty
1271-136897 years🏛️ Capital: Metropolis (Beijing)👤 Founder: Kublai Khan
Great Unification Dynasty established by the Mongols
20
Ming dynasty
1368-1644276🏛️ Capital: Nanjing →Beijing👤 Founder: Zhu Yuanzhang
Treasure voyages
21
Qing
1636-1912276🏛️ Capital: Beijing👤 Founder: Huang Taiji
The Last Feudal Dynasty