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2200 BCE
Xia Start Period (China)
The Xia dynasty is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. -
1766 BCE
Shang Start Period (China)
Shang dynasty was a Chinese dynasty that ruled in the Lower Yellow River Valley in the second millennium BC, succeeding the semi-mythical Xia dynasty and followed by the Zhou dynasty. -
1700 BCE
Xia End Period (China)
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1080 BCE
Shang End Period (China)
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1045 BCE
Zhou Start Period (China)
The Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE) was the longest-lasting of ancient China's dynasties. -
668 BCE
Goguryeo End Period (Korea)
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660 BCE
Baekje End Period (Korea)
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221 BCE
Qin Start Period (China)
The Qin region was located in modern-day Shaanxi province, north of the Zhou Dynasty territory - Qin served as a barrier between it and the less civilized states above it. The capital of the Qin Dynasty was Xianyang, which was extensively enlarged after Qin dominance was established. -
221 BCE
Zhou End Period (China)
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206 BCE
Han Start Period (China)
The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period. -
206 BCE
Qin End Period (China)
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57 BCE
Silla Start Period (Korea)
Silla was a kingdom located in southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of Korea. -
37 BCE
Goguryeo Start Period (Korea)
Goguryeo, also called Goryeo, was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Manchuria. -
18 BCE
Baekje Start Period (Korea)
Baekje was a kingdom located in southwestern Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla. Baekje was founded by Onjo, the third son of Goguryeo's founder Jumong and So Seo-no, at Wiryeseong. -
1 BCE
Early Japan Start Period (Japan)
This imperial dynasty continues to reign over Japan. In 794, a new imperial capital was established. -
221
Han End Period (China)
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581
Sui Start Period (China)
The Sui dynasty was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China of pivotal significance. -
Jan 1, 618
Tang Start Period (China)
The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. -
618
Sui End Period (China)
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Jan 1, 698
Parhae Start Period (Korea)
Parhae was the successor state to Koguryŏ, which had occupied most of northern Korea and Manchuria before being conquered in 668 by the kingdom of Silla, with the aid of the Chinese Tang dynasty. -
710
Early Japan End Period (Japan)
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Jan 1, 710
Nara And Heian Start Periods (Japan)
Nara and Heian Periods (710 - 1185) ... The monasteries quickly gained such strong political influence that, in order to protect the position of the emperor and central government, the capital was moved to Nagaoka in 784, and finally to Heian (Kyoto) in 794 where it would remain for over one thousand years. -
907
Tang End Period (China)
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Jan 1, 918
Goryeo Start Period (Korea)
Goryeo was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. -
926
Parhae End Period (Korea)
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935
Silla End Period (Korea)
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1192
Nara And Heian End Periods (Japan)
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Jan 1, 1192
Kamakura Start Period (Japan)
The Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, Kamakura jidai, 1185–1333) is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun, Minamoto no Yoritomo. -
Jan 1, 1279
Yuan Start Period (China)
The Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368) was China's first foreign-led dynasty, in between the Chinese Song and Ming dynasties. It was established by Kublai Khan, leader of the vast Mongol Empire, and fell into internal rebellion after it lost touch with its Mongol roots. -
1279
Song End Period (China)
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1333
Kamakura End Period (Japan)
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Jan 1, 1338
Muromach Start Period (Japan)
The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate (Muromachi bakufu or Ashikaga bakufu), which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shōgun, Ashikaga Takauji, two years after the brief Kenmu Restoration (1333–36) of imperial rule was brought to a close. -
Jan 1, 1368
Ming Start Period (China)
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. -
1368
Yuan End Period (China)
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Jan 1, 1392
Joseon Start Period (Korea)
The Joseon dynasty was a Korean dynastic kingdom that lasted for approximately five centuries. Joseon was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and was replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. -
1392
Goryeo End Period (Korea)
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Jan 1, 1573
Azuchi-Momoyama Start Period (Japan)
The Azuchi–Momoyama period is the final phase of the Sengoku period in Japan. These years of political unification led to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. -
1573
Muromach End Period (Japan)
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Edo Start Period (Japan)
The Edo period or Tokugawa period is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō. -
Azuchi-Momoyama End Period (Japan)
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Qing Start Period (China)
The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China. It was established in 1636, and ruled China proper from 1644 to 1911. -
Ming End Period (China)
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Meiji Start Period (Japan)
The Meiji era is an era of Japanese history which extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. -
Edo End Period (Japan)
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Joseon End Period (Korea)
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Qing End Period (China)
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Taisho And Early Showa Start Period (Japan)
During the era of the weak Emperor Taisho (1912-26), the political power shifted from the oligarchic clique (genro) to the parliament and the democratic parties. -
Taisho And Early Showa End Period (Japan)
