http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html 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 |  |
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| 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. 265-316 | Western Jin |  | | A.D. 317-420 | Eastern Jin |  | | A.D. 420-588 | Southern and Northern Dynasties |  | | 420-588 | Southern Dynasties |  | | 420-478 -- Song |  | | 479-501 -- Qi |  | | 502-556 -- Liang |  | | 557-588 -- Chen |  | | 386-588 | Northern Dynasties |  | | 386-533 -- Northern Wei |  | | 534-549 -- Eastern Wei |  | | 535-557 -- Western Wei |  | | 550-577 -- Northern Qi |  | | 557-588 -- Northern Zhou |  | | A.D. 581-617 | Sui |  | | A.D. 618-907 | Tang |  | | A.D. 907-960 | Five Dynasties |  | | 907-923 -- Later Liang |  | | 923-936 -- Later Tang |  | | 936-946 -- Later Jin |  | | 947-950 -- Later Han |  | | 951-960 -- Later Zhou |  | | A.D. 907-979 | Ten Kingdoms |  | | A.D. 960-1279 | Song |  | | 960-1127 -- Northern Song |  | | 1127-1279 -- Southern Song |  | | A.D. 916-1125 | Liao |  | | A.D. 1038-1227 | Western Xia |  | | A.D. 1115-1234 | Jin |  | | A.D. 1279-1368 | Yuan |  | | A.D. 1368-1644 | Ming |  | | A.D. 1644-1911 | Qing |  | | A.D. 1911-1949 | Republic of China (in mainland China) |  | | A.D. 1949- | Republic of China (in Taiwan) | | A.D. 1949- | People's Republic of China | 
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