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Saturday, June 19, 2021

Basic timeline of China

This post is a basic timeline of China. There are 25 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Jiahu culture (7000 - 5800 BC)
• Peiligang culture (7000 - 5000 BC)
• Dadiwan culture (5800 - 5400 BC)
• Yangshao culture (5000 - 3000 BC)
• Majiayao culture (3300 - 2000 BC)
• Longshan culture (3000 - 1900 BC)
• Xia dynasty (2070 - 1600 BC)
• Shang dynasty (1600 - 1046 BC)
• Zhou dynasty (1046 - 256 BC)
• Spring and Autumn period (722 - 476 BC)
• Warring States period (476 - 221 BC)
• Qin dynasty (221 - 206 BC)
• Han dynasty (206 BC -220 AD)
• Three Kingdoms period (220 - 280 AD)
• Jin dynasty (266 - 420 AD)
• North and Southern dynasties (420 - 589 AD)
• Sui dynasty (581 - 618 AD)
• Tang dynasty (618 - 907 AD)
• Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907 - 960 AD)
• Song, Liao, Jin and Western Xia dynasties (960-1279)
• Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
• Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
• Qing dynasty (1644-1912)
• Republic of China established (1912)
• People's Republic of China established (1949)