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Mrs. Badawi

By: Marie M. Bryer

00 China

China is the world's oldest existing nation. It is well over 4000 years old. There were many dynasties too. (See the chart below.)

Prehistoric Times	1.7 million years - the 21st century BC
Xia Dynasty	21st - 16th century BC
Shang Dynasty	16th - 11th century BC
Zhou Dynasty	Western Zhou (11th century BC - 771 BC)
Zhou Dynasty	Eastern Zhou ---- Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC) ---- Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC)
Qin Dynasty	221 BC - 206 BC
Han Dynasty	Western Han (206 BC - 24 AD)
Han Dynasty	Eastern Han (25 - 220)
Three Kingdoms Period	220 - 280
Jin Dynasty	Western Jin (265 - 316)
Jin Dynasty	Eastern Jin (317 - 420)
Northern and Southern Dynasties	Northern Dynasties (386 - 581)
Northern and Southern Dynasties	Southern Dynasties (420 - 589)
Sui Dynasty	581 - 618
Tang Dynasty	618 - 907
Five Dynasties and Ten States	Five Dynasties ---- Later Liang (907 - 923) ---- Later Tang (923 - 936) ---- Later Jin (936 - 946) ---- Later Han (947 - 951) ---- Later Zhou (951 - 960)
Five Dynasties and Ten States	Ten States (902 - 979)
Song Dynasty	Northern Song (960 - 1127)
Song Dynasty	Southern Song (1127 - 1279)
Liao Dynasty	916 --- 1125
Jin Dynasty	1115 --- 1234
Yuan Dynasty	1271 --- 1368
Ming Dynasty	1368 --- 1644
Qing Dynasty	1644 --- 1911