Chinese Chronology
3500BC Long Shan culture
1600BC Shang
1045BC Zhou
453BC Warring States
221BC Qin
202BC Han
220 Empire breaks up
589 Sui
618 Tang
947 Liao
960 Song
1271 Yuan
1368 Ming
1644 Qing (Manchu)
1911 Sun Yat Sen
1926 Chiang Kai Shek
1949 Communist