Dynasties & Kingdoms			Year	Duration
Xia Dynasty			About 2100 – 1600 BC	500
Shang Dynasty			About 1600 – 1100 BC	500
Zhou Dynasty	Western Zhou Dynasty		About 1100 – 771 BC	329
	Eastern Dynasty		770 – 256 BC	514
	Spring and Autumn Period		770 – 476 BC	294
	Warring States		475 – 221 BC	254
Qin Dynasty			221 – 207 BC	14
Han Dynasty	Western Han		206 BC – AD 24	31
	Eastern Han		25 - 220	195
Three Kingdoms	Wei		220 – 265	45
	Shu		221 – 263	42
	Wu		222 - 280	58
Western Jin Dynasty			265 - 316	51
Eastern Jin Dynasty			317 - 420	103
Northern and Southern Dynasties	Southern Dynasties	Song	420 - 479	59
		Qi	479 - 502	23
		Liang	502 - 557	55
		Chen	557 - 589	32
	Northern Dynasties	Northern Wei	386 - 534	148
		Eastern Wei	534 - 550	16
		Northern Qi	550 - 577	27
		Western Wei	535 - 556	21
		Northern Zhou	557 - 581	24
Sui Dynasty			581 - 618	37
Tang Dynasty			618 - 907	289
Five Dynasties	Later Liang		907 - 923	16
	Later Tang		923 - 936	13
	Later Jin		936 - 946	10
	Later Han		947 - 950	3
	Later Zhou		951 - 960	9
Song Dynasty	Northern Song Dynasty		960 – 1127	167
	Southern Dynasty		1127 - 1279	152
Liao Dynasty			916 - 1125	209
Jin Dynasty			1115 - 1234	119
Yuan Dynasty			1271 - 1368	97
Ming Dynasty			1368 - 1644	276
Qing Dynasty			1644 - 1911	267
Republic of China			1912 - 1949	37
People’s Republic of China			1949 – Present Day	55 years and still counting……