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