The major periods are.....- Ancient and Imperial China (2250 BC to 1911 AD)
- Legendary Period (2250 BC onwards)
- Tang Dynasty (7 century AD)
- Yuen Dynasty
- Ming Dynasty
- Qing Dynasty
- Nationalist Republic of China (1911-)
- Early Years
- Sino-Japanese War (1939-1945)
- Post War Period (1945-1949)
- People Republic of China (1949 - ....)
- Beginning Years (1949-1965)
- Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
- Post Cultural Revolution(1977-1989)
- Modernization of China (1990-.....)
- Adventists in China Today
| China Timeline This timeline is mainly based on the work of Leon Poon at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Date | Sub-Date | Dynasty | 朝代 | Western events | 2200-1600 BC | | Xia | 夏 | Stonehenge | 1600-1027 BC | | Shang | 商 | King Tut | 1027-771 BC | | West Zhou | 西周 | King David | 770-221 BC | | Eat Zhou | 東 周 | | | 770-476 | Spring & Autumn | 春秋 | Confucius | | 475-221 | Warring States | 戰國 | Alexander | 221-207 BC | | Qin | 秦 | Rome | 206 BC-24 AD | | West Han | 西漢 | Christ | 25-220 AD | | East Han | 東漢 | | 220-280 AD | | Three Kingdom | 三國 | | | 220-265 | Wei | 魏 | | | 221-263 | Shu | 蜀 | | | 229-280 | Wu | 吴 | | 265-316 AD | | West Jin | 西晉 | | 317-420 AD | | East Jin | 東晉 | | 420-588 AD | | South & North Dynasties | 南北朝 | | | 420-588 | South- Song, Qi, Liang, Chen | 南宋, 齊梁陳 | | | 386-588 | North- Wei, Qi, Zhou | 魏,北齊 周 | | 581-617 AD | | Sui | 隋 | Mohamad | 618-907 AD | | Tang | 唐 | Nestorian | 907-960 AD | | Five Dynasties- Late Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou | 五代- 後梁 唐 晉 漢 周 | | 907-979 | | Ten Kingdom | 十國 | | 960-1279 AD | | Song | 宋 | | 916-1125 AD | | Liao | 遼 | | 1038-1227 AD | | West Xia | 西夏 | | 1115-1234 AD | | Jin | 金 | | 1279-1368 AD | | Yuan | 元 | Fraciscans | 1368-1644 AD | | Ming | 明 | Jesuits | 1644-1911 AD | | Qing | 清 | Presbyterian, Hudson Taylor, Adventists | 1911-1949 AD | | Republic of China | 中华民国 | WWI, WWII | AD 1949 - ... | | ROC-Taiwan | | | AD 1949 - ... | | People Republic of China | 中华人民共和国 | |
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