Timeline of Chinese Dynasties (NON AP SOURCE) Flashcards
https://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/china_timeline.htm
Xia (Hsia) Dynasty
ca. 2100-1600 BCE
Shang Dynasty
ca. 1600-1050 BCE
Capitals: near present-day Zhengzhou and Anyang
Zhou (Chou, pronounced “Joe”) Dynasty
1046-256 BCE
Capitals: Hao (near present-day Xi’an) and Luoyang
- Western Zhou (ca. 1046-771 BCE)
- Eastern Zhou (ca. 771-256 BCE)
- Spring and Autumn Period (770-ca 475 BCE)
- Confucius (ca. 551-479 BCE)
- Warring States Period (ca. 475-221 BCE)
Qin (Ch’in, pronounced “chin”) Dynasty
221-206 BCE
- Capital: Chang’an, present-day Xian
- Qin Shihuangdi dies, 210 BCE
Han Dynasty
206 BCE-220 CE
Western/Former Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
* Capital: Chang’an (present-day Xian)
* Confucianism officially established as basis for Chinese state by Han Wudi (r. 141-86 BCE)
Eastern/Later Han (25-220 CE)
* Capital: Luoyang
Six Dynasties Period
220-589 CE
- Three Kingdoms (220-265 CE)
- Jin Dynasty (265-420 CE)
- Period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (386-589 CE)
Period of disunity and instability following the fall of the Han; Buddhism introduced to China
Cao Wei, Shu Han, Dong Wu
Sui (pronounced “sway”) Dynasty
581-618 CE
Capital: Chang’an (present-day Xian)
Tang Dynasty
618-906 CE
Capitals: Chang’an (present-day Xian) and Luoyang
Five Dynasties Period
907-960 CE
Song (Sung) Dynasty
960-1279 CE
Northern Song (960-1127)
* Capital: Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng)
Southern Song (1127-1279)
* Capital: (present-day Hangzhou)
Ming Dynasty
1368-1644 CE
Re-establishment of rule by Han ruling house; Capitals: Nanjing and Beijing
Yuan Dynasty
1279-1368 CE
The reign of the Mongol empire; Capital: Dadu (present-day Beijing)
Qing (Ch’ing) Dynasty
1644-1912 CE
Reign of the Manchus; Capital: Beijing
Republic Period
1912-1949 CE
Capitals: Beijing, Wuhan, and Nanjing
People’s Republic of China
1949-present
Capital: Beijing
