History Timeline NOTE: Clicking on the Chinese characters for each of the dynasty will bring up a list of the emperors (in Chinese) for each of the respective dynasty. However, not every dynasty will have a link. For those who has can read Chinese, I highly recommend Seke Wei's excellent Era and Timeline of Chinese History. Dates Dynasty ca. 2000-1500 B.C. Xia 1700-1027 B.C. Shang 1027-771 B.C.

Chinese dynasties timeline. Hyperlinked to definitions of Chinese characters and to English translation.

Chinese Coins & Dynasties Dates Dynasty ca. 2000-1500 B.C. Xia 1700-1027 B.C. Shang 1027-771 B.C. Western Zhou 770-221 B.C. Eastern Zhou 770-476 B.C. -- Spring and Autumn period 475-221 B.C. -- Warring States period 221-207 B.C. Qin 206 B.C.-A.D. 9 Western Han A.D. 9-24 Xin (Wang Mang interregnum) A.D. 25-220 Eastern Han A.D. 220-280 Three Kingdoms 220-265 -- Wei 221-263 -- Shu 229-280 -- Wu A.D.