Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Historical-Periods

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Hi, polyglots.

When you decide to pick up the history of a region, you are facing a lot of events and figures. Here is a list of the most significant of them.

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China

period	time span	event	figure	technology	artwork
Xià dynasty	c. 2070 BC – c. 1600 BC
Shāng dynasty	c. 1600 BC – c. 1046 BC
Zhōu dynasty: Western Zhōu	1046 BC – 771 BC
Spring and Autumn (Zhōu dynasty: Eastern Zhōu)	c. 770 BC – c. 476 BC (771 BC – 256 BC)
Warring States (Zhōu dynasty: Eastern Zhōu)	475 BC – 221 BC (771 BC – 256 BC)
Qín dynasty	221 BC – 207 BC
Hàn dynasty: Western Hàn	206 BC – 9
Xīn dynasty	9 – 23
Hàn dynasty: Eastern Hàn	25 – 220
Three Kingdoms	220 – 280
Jìn dynasty: Western Jìn	266 – 316
Jìn dynasty: Eastern Jìn	317 – 420
Sixteen Kingdoms	304 – 439
Northern and Southern dynasties	420 – 589
Suí dynasty	581 – 618
Táng dynasty	618 – 907
Wǔ Zhōu	690 – 705
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms	907 – 979
Liáo dynasty	916 – 1125
Sòng dynasty: Northern Sòng	960 – 1127
Sòng dynasty: Southern Sòng	1127 – 1279
Western Xià	1038 – 1227
Jīn dynasty	1115 – 1234
Yuán dynasty	1271 – 1368
Míng dynasty	1368 – 1644
Qīng dynasty	1644 – 1912
Republic of China	1912 –
People's Republic of China	1949 –