Chinese History Timeline from the ancient Xia Dynastic to the present day Chinese government.

Xia Dynasty	2100 – 1600 BC
Shang Dynasty	1600 – 1100 BC
Zhou Dynasty	Western	1100 – 771 BC
	Eastern	770 – 256 BC
	Spring and Autumn	770 – 476 BC
	Warring States	475 – 221 BC
Qin Dynasty	221 – 207 BC
Han Dynasty	Western Han	206 BC – 24 AD
	Eastern Han	25 – 220 AD
Three Kingdoms	Wei	220 – 265 AD
	Shu Han	221 – 263 AD
	Wu	222 – 280 AD
Western Jin	265 – 316 AD
Eastern Jin	317 – 420 AD
Northern and	Southern	Song	420 – 479 AD
Southern Dynasties		Qi	479 – 520 AD
		Liang	502 – 557 AD
		Chen	557 – 589 AD
	Northern	Northern Wei	386 – 534 AD
		Eastern Wei	534 – 550 AD
		Northern Qi	550 – 577 AD
		Western Wei	535 – 556 AD
		Northern Zhou	557 – 581 AD
Sui Dynasty	581 – 618 AD
Tang Dynasty	618 – 907 AD
Five Dynasties	Later Jiang	907 – 923 AD
	Later Tang	923 – 936 AD
	Later Jin	936 – 946 AD
	Later Han	947 – 950 AD
	Later Zhou	951 – 960 AD
Song Dynasty	Northern Song	960 – 1127 AD
	Southern Song	1127 – 1279 AD
Liao Dynasty	916 – 1125 AD
Jin Dynasty	1115 – 1234 AD
Yuan Dynasty	1271 – 1368 AD
Ming Dynasty	1368 – 1644 AD
Qing Dynasty	1644 – 1911 AD
Republic of China	1912 – 1949 AD
People’s Republic of China	1949 AD – Now

The Date ranges for the Xia and Shang Dynasties are approximates.