CHRONOLOGY OF CHINSES DYNASTIES & KINGDOMS
DYNASTIES/KINGDOMS
PERIODS
CAPITAL
Neolithic
8,000 – 2100
BC
Yuncheng of Shanxi
Xia Dynasty
2100 – 1600
BC
Yuncheng of Shanxi
Shang Dynasty
1600 – 1046
BC
Erlitou, Zhengzhou & Anyang in Henan
Zhou Dynasty
Western Zhou
1066 – 771
BC
Xian
Eastern Zhou
771 – 256
BC
Luoyang
Spring & Autumn
770 – 476
BC
Warring States
476 – 221
BC
Qin Dynasty
221 – 206
BC
Xianyang
Han Dynasty
Western Han
206 – 9
AD
Xian
Xin Dynasty
9 – 25
AD
Xian
Eastern Han
25 – 220
AD
Luoyang
Three Kingdoms
Wei
220 – 265
AD
Xuchang
Shu Han
221 – 263
AD
Chengdu
Wu
222 – 280
AD
Nanjing
Western Jin
265 – 316
AD
Luoyang
Eastern Jin
317 – 420
AD
Nanjing
Sixteen Kingdoms
304 – 439
AD
Southern & Northern Dynasty
Southern Dynasty
Nanjing
Song
420 – 479
AD
Qi
479 – 502
AD
Liang
502 – 557
AD
Chen
557 – 589
AD
Northern Dynasty
Northern Wei
386 – 534
AD
Datong
Eastern Wei
534 – 550
AD
Linzhang of Hebei
Northern Qi
550 – 577
AD
Linzhang
Western Wei
535 – 556
AD
Xian
Northern Zhou
557 – 581
AD
Xian
Sui Dynasty
581 – 618
AD
Xian
Tang Dynasty
618 – 907
AD
Xian
Five Dynasties
Later Liang
907 – 923
AD
Kaifeng
Later Tang
923 – 936
AD
Luoyang
Later Jin
936 – 946
AD
Kaifeng
Later Han
947 – 950
AD
Kaifeng
Later Zhou
951 – 960
AD
Kaifeng
Song Dynasty
Northern Song
960 – 1127
AD
Kaifeng
Southern Song
1127 – 1279
AD
Hangzhou
Liao Dynasty
907 – 1125
AD
Western Xia Dynasty
1032 – 1227
AD
Jin Dynasty
1115 – 1234
AD
Beijing
Yuan Dynasty
1279 – 1368
AD
Beijing
Ming Dynasty
1368 – 1644
AD
Nanjing, Beijing
Qing Dynasty
1644 – 1911
AD
Shenyang, Beijing
Republic of China
1912 – 1949
AD
Beijing, Nanjing
People’s Republic of China
1949 – present
AD
Beijing
