Medieval China

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  • 1570 BCE

    Shang Dynasty.

    The Shang Dynasty arose during the Bronze Age in China. Thousands of archaeological finds in the Yellow River valley, the cradle of Chinese civilization, provide evidence about the Shang Dynasty, which ruled roughly from the 16th to the 11th century BC.
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1045 BCE

    Shang Dynasty

  • 1045 BCE

    The Zhou Dynasty

    The Zhou Dynasty ruled Ancient China from 1045 BC to 256 BC. It was the longest ruling dynasty in the history of China. King Cheng of Zhou by Unknown. Establishment of the Dynasty. The land of Zhou was a vassal state of the Shang Dynasty.
    Members: King Wu of Zhou
  • Period: 1045 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou Dynasty.

  • 907 BCE

    Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

    The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was an era of political upheaval and division in 10th-century Imperial China. Five states quickly succeeded one another in the Central Plain, and more than a dozen concurrent states were established elsewhere, mainly in South China
  • Period: 907 BCE to 960 BCE

    Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

  • 618 BCE

    Tang Dynasty

    The Tang dynasty or Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty ruling China from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
  • Period: 618 BCE to 907 BCE

    Tang dynasty

  • 589 BCE

    Sui Dynasty

    The Sui dynasty was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China of pivotal significance. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties and reinstalled the rule of ethnic Han in the entirety of China proper, along with sinicization of former nomadic ethnic minorities within its territory.
  • Period: 589 BCE to 618 BCE

    Sui dynasty

  • 222 BCE

    The Six Dynasties

    The Six Dynasties period (220–589 CE) takes its name from the six ruling dynasties of the era: the Eastern Wu Dynasty (222–280), Jin Dynasty (265–420), Liu Song Dynasty (420–479), Southern Qi Dynasty (479–502), Liang Dynasty (502–557), and Chen Dynasty (557–589).
  • Period: 222 BCE to 581 BCE

    The Six Dynasties

  • 221 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

    The Qin dynasty or Ch'in dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China, lasting from 221 to 206 BC. Named for its heartland in Qin state, the dynasty was founded by Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of Qin.
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin Dynasty

  • 206

    Han Dynasty

    The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, established by the rebel leader Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu
  • Period: 206 to 220

    Han dynasty