East Asia dynasties

Xia dynasty start (Chinese)

2200 BCE

The Xia dynasty is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography. According to tradition, the Xia dynasty was established by the legendary Yu the Great after Shun, the last of the Five Emperors, gave his throne to him. The Xia was later succeeded by the Shang dynasty.

Xia dynasty end ( Chinese)

1700 BCE

Zhou dynasty start ( Chinese)

1045 BCE

The most significant achievement of the Zhou Dynasty was the development of the Chinese philosophies, including Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. This occurred during late 500 and early 400 B.C. The Chinese philosophers emerged during a period in the Zhou Dynasty when there was political anarchy and social turmoil.

Baekje dynasty end (Korea)

660 BCE

Zhou dynasty end (Chinese)

221 BCE

Qin dynasty start (China)

221 BCE

The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China, lasting from 221 to 206 BC. Named for its heartland in Qin state, the dynasty was founded by Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of Qin.

Qin dynasty end (China)

206 BCE

Han dynasty start (China)

206 BCE

The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period. Spanning over four centuries, the Han period is considered a golden age in Chinese history

Silla dynasty start (Korea)

57 BCE

The Silla dynasty was immensely significant to Korea because it was the first ever ruling power to bring unity amongst the people of Korea. In addition to this, the Silla dynasty allied with the Chinese Tang dynasty to create and maintain a lasting unity.

Goguryeo dynasty start (Korea)

37 BCE

Goguryeo, also called Goryeo, was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Manchuria. At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled most of the Korean peninsula, large parts of Manchuria and parts of the Russian Far East and eastern Mongolia.

Baekje dynasty start (Korea)

18 BCE

Baekje was a great maritime power; its nautical skill, which made it the Phoenicia of East Asia, was instrumental in the dissemination of Buddhism throughout East Asia and continental culture to Japan. In 660 it was defeated, by an alliance of Silla and the Chinese Tang Dynasty, and submitted to Unified Silla.

Han dynasty end (China)

221

Sui dynasty start (China)

581

The Sui dynasty was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China of pivotal significance. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties and reinstalled the rule of ethnic Chinese in the entirety of China proper, along with sinicization of former nomadic ethnic minorities within its territory.

Sui dynasty end (China)

618

Tang dynasty start (China)

618

The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history.

Goguryeo dynasty end (Korea)

668

Parhae dynasty start (Korea)

698

The state of Parhae grew powerful and wealthy. It was a hostile rival to Silla, the most significant power on the Korean peninsula, and Silla built a defensive wall along its northern border. Like Silla, Parhae was among the states that offered tribute to the Tang.

Nara and Heian period start (Japan)

710

Nara and Heian Periods (710 - 1185) ... The monasteries quickly gained such strong political influence that, in order to protect the position of the emperor and central government, the capital was moved to Nagaoka in 784, and finally to Heian (Kyoto) in 794 where it would remain for over one thousand years.

Tang dynasty end (China)

907

Goryeo period start (Korea)

918

Other achievements of the dynasty were elegant wooden structures, literary histories, cast-metal movable type (created in 1234-200 years before Gutenberg), and the production of gunpowder. Wang Geon, who became King Taejo ( 877- 943, r. 918-943), was the founder of the Goryeo Dynasty.

Parhae dynasty end (Korea)

926

Silla dynasty end (Korea)

935

Song dynasty start (China)

960

The Song dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou, ending the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

Nara and Heian period end (Japan)

1192

Kamakura period start (Japan)

1192

The Kamakura period is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun, Minamoto no Yoritomo.

Song dynasty end (Japan)

1279

Yuan dynasty start (China)

1279

he Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368) was China's first foreign-led dynasty, in between the Chinese Song and Ming dynasties. It was established by Kublai Khan, leader of the vast Mongol Empire, and fell into internal rebellion after it lost touch with its Mongol roots.

Kamakura period end (Japan)

1333

Muromachi period start (Japan)

1338

The Muromachi period is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573. The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate, which was officially established .

Yuan dynasty end (China)

1368

Ming dynasty start (China)

1368

The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by Han Chinese.

Goryeo period end (Korea)

1392

Joseon dynasty start (Korea)

1392

Joseon was the last dynasty of Korea and its longest-ruling Confucian dynasty. During its reign, Joseon encouraged the entrenchment of Chinese Confucian ideals and doctrines in Korean society. Neo-Confucianism was installed as the new dynasty's state ideology.

Muromachi period end

1573

Azuchi-Momoyama period start (Japan)

1573

The Azuchi–Momoyama period is the final phase of the Sengoku period in Japan. These years of political unification led to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Azuchi-Moyama period end (Japan)

1603

Edo period start

1603

The Edo period or Tokugawa period is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.

Ming dynasty end (China)

1644

Qing dynasty end (China)

1644

the Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China. It was established in 1636, and ruled China proper from 1644 to 1911. It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China.

Edo period end (Japan)

1868

Meiji period start (Japan)

1868

The Meiji era is an era of Japanese history which extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. This era represents the first half of the Empire of Japan, during which period the Japanese people .

Joseon dynasty end (Korea)

1897

Qing dynasty end (China)

1911

Meiji period end (Japan)

1912

Taisho and early showa period start (Japan)

1912

The Shōwa period was preceded by the Taishō period (1912–26) and was followed by the Heisei period (1989– ). The first part of the Shōwa, from Hirohito's enthronement in 1926 to the end of World War II in 1945, is known as the early Shōwa period.

Taisho and early Showa period end (Japan)

1945