Chinese dynasties By smithj22 2070 BCE 夏 Xia dynasty 1600 BCE 商 Shang dynasty 1046 BCE 周 Zhou dynasty 221 BCE 秦 Qin dynasty 202 BCE 汉 Han dynasty 581 隋 Sui dynasty 618 唐 Tang dynasty 960 宋 Song dynasty 1271 元 Yuan dynasty 1368 明 Ming dynasty 1636 清 Qing dynasty 1912 End of dynastic period