View source for Periods of Chinese History

The following lists the traditional periodization of Chinese history.

==='''Pre-Historic Period'''===
*[[Yangshao culture]] ([[Banpo]]) - c. 5000-3000 BCE
*[[Longshan culture]] - c. 3000-2200 BCE

==='''Legendary Period & The Three Dynasties'''===
*[[Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors]]
*[[Xia Dynasty]] - c. 2200-1750 BCE
*[[Shang Dynasty]] - c. 1750-1100 BCE
*[[Zhou Dynasty]] - c. 1100-256 BCE
*[[Spring and Autumn Period]] - 771-450 BCE
*[[Warring States Period]] - 450-220 BCE

==='''Imperial China'''===
*[[Qin Dynasty]] - 221-206 BCE
*[[Han Dynasty]] - 206 BCE - [[220]] CE
*[[Six Dynasties Period]] - 220-[[589]]
**[[Three Kingdoms Period (China)|Three Kingdoms Period]] - 220-[[280]]
**[[Western Jin]] - [[265]]-[[317]]
**[[Eastern Jin]] - 317-[[420]]
**[[Northern and Southern Dynasties]] - 420-589
*[[Sui Dynasty]] - [[581]]-[[618]]
*[[Tang Dynasty]] - 618-[[907]]
*[[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period]] - 907-[[960]]
*[[Song Dynasty]] - 960-[[1279]]
**[[Northern Song Dynasty]] - 907-[[1127]]
**[[Southern Song Dynasty]] - 1127-1279
*[[Yuan Dynasty]] - 1279-[[1368]]
*[[Ming Dynasty]] - 1368-[[1644]]
*[[Qing Dynasty]] - 1644-[[1911]]

==='''Modern China'''===
*Republican China - 1911-1949 (to present on Taiwan)
*Communist China - 1949-present

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