Early Neolithic

• Nanzhuangtou8,500 BCE – 7,500 BCEYellow River Hebei
• Pengtoushan7,500 BCE – 6,100 BCEMiddle Yangtze River Hunan
• Peiligang7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCEYellow River Valley Henan
• Cishan6,500 BCE – 5,000 BCENorthern China Hebei
• Houli6,500 BCE – 5,500 BCELower Yellow River Shandong
• Xinglongwa6,200 BCE – 5,400 BCEInner Mongolia & Liaoning border
• Xinle5,500 BCE – 4,800 BCELower Liao River Liaoning

Middle Neolithic

• Yangshao5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCEMiddle Yellow River Valley
• Hemudu5,000 BCE – 3,300 BCEYangtze River Delta Zhejiang
• Daxi5,000 BCE – 3,300 BCEThree Gorges Middle Yangtze
• Majiabang5,000 BCE – 4,000 BCELake Tai area Yangtze Delta
• Hongshan4,700 BCE – 2,900 BCELiao River Basin Northeast China
• Dawenkou4,100 BCE – 2,600 BCEShandong & Northern Jiangsu
• Songze3,800 BCE – 3,300 BCELower Yangtze River Shanghai area

Late Neolithic

• Liangzhu3,400 BCE – 2,250 BCEYangtze River Delta
• Majiayao3,300 BCE – 2,000 BCEUpper Yellow River Gansu & Qinghai
• Qujialing3,000 BCE – 2,600 BCEMiddle Yangtze River Hubei
• Longshan3,000 BCE – 1,900 BCEMiddle & Lower Yellow River
• Shijiahe2,500 BCE – 2,000 BCEMiddle Yangtze River Hubei
• Qijia2,200 BCE – 1,600 BCEUpper Yellow River Gansu & Ningxia

• Xia Dynasty2,070 BCE – 1,600 BCE
• Shang Dynasty1,600 BCE – 1,046 BCE
• Zhou Dynasty1,046 BCE – 256 BCE
• Western Zhou1,046 BCE – 771 BCE
• Eastern Zhou770 BCE – 256 BCE
• Spring and Autumn770 BCE – 476 BCE
• Warring States475 BCE – 221 BCE
• Qin Dynasty221 BCE – 207 BCE
• Han Dynasty202 BCE – 220 CE
• Western Han202 BCE – 9 CE
• Xin Dynasty (Interregnum)9 CE – 23 CE
• Eastern Han25 CE – 220 CE
• Six Dynasties (Three Kingdoms + Jin + N-S Dynasties)220 CE – 589 CE
• Three Kingdoms Period220 CE – 280 CE
• Cao Wei220 CE – 266 CE
• Shu Han221 CE – 263 CE
• Eastern Wu222 CE – 280 CE
• Jin Dynasty266 CE – 420 CE
• Western Jin266 CE – 316 CE
• Eastern Jin317 CE – 420 CE
• Northern and Southern Dynasties420 CE – 589 CE
• Northern Wei386 CE – 535 CE
• Eastern Wei534 CE – 550 CE
• Western Wei535 CE – 557 CE
• Northern Qi550 CE – 577 CE
• Northern Zhou557 CE – 581 CE
• Southern Dynasties420 CE – 587 CE
• Sui Dynasty581 CE – 618 CE
• Tang Dynasty618 CE – 907 CE
• Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms907 CE – 960 CE
• Song Dynasty960 CE – 1279 CE
• Northern Song960 CE – 1127 CE
• Southern Song1127 CE – 1279 CE
• Yuan Dynasty1279 CE – 1368 CE
• Ming Dynasty1368 CE – 1644 CE
• Qing Dynasty1644 CE – 1912 CE
• Republic Period1912 CE – 1949 CE