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Countries and Empires that ruled China

A timeline of the rich history of China, and empires that ruled China from 2852 BC until today.
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Reign
Country / Empire
2852 BC – 2206 BC
Three Sovereigns and five Emperors
2070 BC – 1600 BC
Xia dynasty
1600 BC – 1046 BC
Shang dynasty
1046 BC – 256 BC
Zhou dynasty
1100 BC – 286 BC
Song
1046 BC – 221 BC
Qi
1000 BC – 500 BC
Sakas
1000 BC – 369 BC
Jin
900 BC – 206 BC
Qin dynasty
800 BC
Qiang
800 BC – 150 BC
Ordos culture
403 BC – 230 BC
Han
403 BC – 222 BC
State of Zhao
403 BC – 266 AD
State of Wei
300 BC – 300 AD
Xianbei
279 BC – 109 BC
Dian Kingdom
220 BC – 46 AD
Xiongnu
204 BC – 111 BC
Nanyue
202 BC – 9 AD
Han dynasty
9 AD – 23 AD
Xin dynasty
25 AD – 220 AD
Han dynasty
100 AD – 1200 CE
Yuezhi
220 AD – 266 AD
Wei
266 AD – 420 AD
Jin Empire
304 AD – 329 AD
Han-Zhao
310 AD – 376 AD
Dai
319 AD – 351 AD
Zhao
330 AD – 555 AD
Rouran Khaganate
337 AD – 370 AD
Yan
351 AD – 394 AD
Qin
386 AD – 535 AD
Northern Wei
420 AD – 479 AD
Song
440 AD – 560 AD
Hephthalites
479 AD – 502 AD
Southern Qi
502 AD – 557 AD
Liang dynasty
539 AD – 1207 CE
Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate
552 AD – 603 AD
Göktürk Khaganate
557 AD – 589 AD
Chen
581 AD – 618 AD
Sui dynasty
603 AD – 650 AD
Eastern Turkic Khaganate
618 AD – 907 AD
Tang dynasty
618 AD – 848 AD
Tibetan Empire
628 AD – 723 AD
Xueyantao
682 AD – 744 AD
Second Turkic Khaganate
738 AD – 902 AD
Nanzhao
744 AD – 840 AD
Uyghur Khaganate
843 AD – 1400 CE
Qocho Kingdom
894 AD – 1036 CE
Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom
896 AD – 947 AD
Jin dynasty
907 AD – 923 AD
Liang
907 AD – 924 AD
Qi
907 AD – 978 AD
Wuyue
910 AD – 921 AD
Zhao
911 AD – 914 AD
Yan dynasty
916 AD – 1125 CE
Khitan Empire
937 AD – 1253 CE
Dali Kingdom
960 AD – 1279 CE
Song dynasty
1038 – 1227
Tangut Empire
1115 – 1234
Jin dynasty
1124 – 1218
Qara Khitai
1271 – 1368
Yuan dynasty
1206 – 1294
Mongol Empire
1368 – 1644
Ming dynasty
1643 – 1647
Xi dynasty
1644 – 1646
Shin dynasty
1644 – 1912
Qing Empire
1912 – 1949
Republic of China
1949 - present
People's Republic of China
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3 Comments
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Level 90
Apr 19, 2025
Chinese history is so confusing.
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Level 31
May 19, 2025
Why some chinese dynasty must be typed with"dynasty" while some does't, as a Chinese, I'm confused about it. In fact, in China, if we'd like to distinguish dynasties with the same name, for example, the Song Dynasty in 5 century with that in 11 century, we always use "Liu Song" and "Zhao song". May you please accept these answers?
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Level 58
May 20, 2025
Because some were first, while the rest were last; so I put 'dynasty' for the last founding and ruling states in China.