-
2200 BCE
Xia (China)
The first Chinese dynasty started -
1766 BCE
Shang (China)
Shang dynasty started -
1700 BCE
Xia (China)
Xia ended -
1080 BCE
Shang (China)
Shang dynasty ended -
1045 BCE
Zhou (China)
Zhou dynasty started -
221 BCE
Zhou (China)
Zhou ended -
221 BCE
Qin (China)
Qin dynasty started -
206 BCE
Han (China)
Han dynasty began -
206 BCE
Qin (China)
Qin dynasty ended -
37 BCE
Goguryeo (Korea)
Goguryeo dynasty began -
221
Han (China)
Han dynasty ended -
581
Sui (China)
Sui dynasty started -
618
Sui (China)
Sui ended -
618
Tang (China)
Tang dynasty began -
668
Goguryeo (Korea)
Goguryeo dynasty ended -
710
Nara and Heian (Japan)
Start of Nara and Heian Period -
907
Tang (China)
Tang ended -
960
Song (China)
Song dynasty began -
1192
Nara and Heian (Japan)
Nara and Heian Period ends -
1192
Kamakura (Japan)
Kamakura Period begins -
1279
Song (China)
Song dynasty ended -
1279
Yuan (China)
Yuan dynasty began -
1333
Kamakura (Japan)
Kamakura Period ends -
1338
Muromachi (Japan)
Muromachi Period begins -
1368
Yuan (China)
Yuan dynasty ended -
1368
Ming (China)
Ming dynasty started -
1573
Muromachi (Japan)
Muromachi Period ends -
1573
Azuchi-Momoyama (Japan)
Azuchi-Momoyama Period begins -
Azuchi-Momoyama (Japan)
Azuchi-Momoyama Period ended -
Edo (Japan)
Edo Period began -
Ming (China)
Ming dynasty ended -
Edo (Japan)
Edo Period ended -
Meiji (Japan)
Meiji Period began -
Meiji (Japan)
Meiji Period ended -
Taisho and Early Showa (Japan)
Taisho and Early Showa Period began -
Taisho and Early Showa (Japan)
Taisho and Early Showa Period ended