Ancient China Timeline

  • Period: 2100 BCE to 1600 BCE

    The Yellow River

    The time of when the People of Ancient China lived along the banks of the Yellow River in China.
  • Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE

    The Xia Dynasty

    The duration of the rule of the Xia Dynasty.
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1050 BCE

    The Shang Dynasty

    The duration of the Shang dynasty.
  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    The Qin dynasty

    The short dynasty of the Qin dynasty.
  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    The Han dynasty

    The duration of the Han dynasty.
  • Period: 266 to 420

    The Jin dynasty

    The reign of the Jin dynasty.
  • Period: 581 to 618

    The Sui Dynasty.

    The short lived reign of the Sui dynasty.
  • Period: 618 to 907

    The Tang Dynasty

  • Period: 690 to 705

    The Zhou Dynasty

    One of if not the shortest reigning dynasty of Ancient China.
  • Period: 960 to 1279

    The Song Dynasty

    The duration of the Song dynasty.
  • Period: 1271 to 1368

    The Yuan Dynasty

    The reign of the Yuan dynasty.
  • Period: 1368 to

    The Ming Dynasty

    A for sure long lived dynasty.
  • Period: to

    The Qing Dynasty

    The end of this final dynasty also marked the end of Ancient China.
  • Period: to

    The First Opium War

    The duration of the first Opium War.
  • Period: to

    The second Opium War

    The duration of the second Opium War.